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nounferreter (plural ferreters)
plural ferreters
- A person who hunts with ferrets.
- One who uncovers or brings to light; one who ferrets out.
There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully[…]
1984, Charles Reid, The Music Monster, page 165
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ferreter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferreter
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“ferreter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferreter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferreter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferreter.
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