Ex-ăm'in-er, n.
n. 1. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates.
Sense 2. An officer designated to conduct any kind of examination; as, in universities and other literary institutions, one appointed as an examiner of students for rank or for degrees.
Sense 3. (Courts of Chancery.) An officer before whom witnesses are examined and their testimony taken in writing, to be read on the hearing of the cause.