Ferreter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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[…]"
Example
More examples"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[…]"
Etymology
From ferret + -er.
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