Screener

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, screens.; A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities. historical
  2. 2
    a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint wordnet
  3. 3
    One who, or that which, screens.; A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
  4. 4
    An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  5. 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."

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screenmanscreensman

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"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.

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