Definition of Scrutiniser

1. Noun. A careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care.

Exact synonyms: Scrutinizer
Generic synonyms: Examiner, Inspector
Derivative terms: Scrutinise, Scrutinise, Scrutinize, Scrutinize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrutiniser

scrutable
scrutation
scrutations
scrutator
scrutin de liste
scrutin de liste system
scrutin uninomial system
scrutin uninominal voting system
scrutineer
scrutineered
scrutineering
scrutineers
scrutinies
scrutinise
scrutinised
scrutiniser
scrutinises
scrutinising
scrutinisingly
scrutinization
scrutinize
scrutinized
scrutinizer
scrutinizers
scrutinizes
scrutinizing
scrutinizingly
scrutinous
scrutinously
scrutiny

Literary usage of Scrutiniser

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivory, Apes and Peacocks: Joseph Conrad, Walt Whitman, Jules Laforgue by James Huneker (1915)
"He was myopic, not a trained scrutiniser, and Huysmans, once a disciple, later an opponent of the "naturalistic" documents, maliciously remarked that Zola ..."

2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down ...by Alexander Kinglake by Alexander Kinglake (1877)
"... periodical press, there is one persistent scrutiniser who (so far as concerns all questions of dry fact) has hitherto proved more formidable than all. ..."

3. The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet: Containing an Account of the by Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Bon-Joseph Dacier (1840)
"Many expressions were said to have been used by this pope whir!, ought not to be repeated ; for Ciod is the sovereign Judge, and the only scrutiniser of ..."

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