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Screener
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who, or that which, screens.; A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities. historical
- 2 a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint wordnet
- 3 One who, or that which, screens.; A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
- 4 An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
- 5 A cinema having the specified number of screens. in-compounds
"Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue."
Etymology
From screen + -er.
See also for "screener"
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