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examinant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪɡˈzæmɪnənt/

Etymology

From Latin examinantis (“examining”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) One who examines; an examiner.
   • “No matter, I want to hear you describe it, ” said the examinant. 1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:
2. (obsolete) One who is to be examined.
   • February 5 1722, Humphrey Prideaux, Articles for the Reformation of the two Universities the Examinants appear before them, in classes of ix at a time, and each class shall be examined […]

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