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ferreter en · NOUN

Etymology

From ferret + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who hunts with ferrets.
2. 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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