examinant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of examinant
1580–90; < Latin exāminant- (stem of exāmināns, present participle of exāmināre ) weighing, trying, examining. See examine, -ant
Example Sentences
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"He was godfather, and the examinant and Ann Bishop were godmothers."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 by Various
Whereupon the gentleman drawing near unto this examinant, she did make a curchy or courtesy unto him, as she did use to do to gentlemen.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
To every question proposed to him the steward shook his head; and, in spite of the threats of the examinant, and the blows of his followers, he persisted in maintaining silence.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Afterwards, when the child could speak, this examinant asked her what she saw at the time?
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles
After that, this examinant asked the child how she came by this nail, when she answered, 'The bee brought the nail, and forced it into my mouth.'
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles
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