Ascertainer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, ascertains.

    "Dahbany-Miraglia argues that in the Middle East religion was the dominant criterion of ethnic categorization, whereas in the United States skin color and other physical markers often prevailed as ascertainers of Jewishness."

Example

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"Dahbany-Miraglia argues that in the Middle East religion was the dominant criterion of ethnic categorization, whereas in the United States skin color and other physical markers often prevailed as ascertainers of Jewishness."

Etymology

From ascertain + -er.

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