different between examiner vs probator

English

Etymology

examine +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zæm?n?/.

Noun

examiner (plural examiners)

1. A person who investigates someone or something.
2. A person who sets an examination.
3. A person who marks an examination.

Related terms

• cross-examiner

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ex?min?re, present active infinitive of ex?min?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.za.mi.ne/

Verb

examiner

1. to examine

Conjugation

Descendants

• ? Romanian: examina

Further reading

• “examiner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

ex?miner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ex?min?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ex?min?re, present active infinitive of ex?min?.

Verb

examiner

1. to question (pose questions to)
2. to torture
3. to consider; to ponder; to weigh up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• examinateur
• examination
• examineor

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (examiner)

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

probator (plural probators)

1. An examiner; an approver.

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2. (law, Britain, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.

Anagrams

• pro-abort, proabort

Latin

Etymology 1

From prob?.

Noun

prob?tor m (genitive prob?t?ris); third declension

1. approver
2. examiner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• prob?t?ria

Etymology 2

Verb

prob?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of prob?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of prob?

References

• probator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• probator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• probator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette