ferreter
English
Etymology
ferret + -er
Noun
ferreter (plural ferreters)
- A person who hunts with ferrets.
- One who uncovers or brings to light; one who ferrets out.
- 1984, Charles Reid, The music monster, page 165:
- There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully […]
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