discerner

[ dih-sur-ner, -zur- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who perceives or detects something:
As leaders in the school, we have to be critical discerners of the things brought to our attention.

He was a man that God endowed with a clear and wonderful depth, a discerner of others' spirits, and very much a master of his own.

The will, which is illegitimately stretched to include feeling, is treated as the creator as well as the discerner of reality.

I could but smile at the young discerner whose thoughts agreed so fully with my own.

This clergyman, whose name the Editor is not at liberty to mention, is known to many to be a discerner of spirits.

It is said in one place that the "Word of God is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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