characterizern.
/ˈkarᵻktərʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈkɛr(ə)ktəˌraɪzər/ A person who describes or identifies the distinctive nature, features, or qualities of someone or something; a person who delineates character.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > outlining or sketching > character sketch or delineation of character > one who describes character
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characterizer1662
1662 H. Foulis Hist. Wicked Plots iii. v. 220 Of whom I shall say with a late Characterizer, That they are bold Gentlemen, that cannot speak to man without notes, and yet prate to God ex tempore.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xx. 308 The most ingenious Characterizer of our Times.
1801 Monthly Mag. 12 422 As a characterizer he is inferior to our Butler.
1897 H. M. Stanley Ess. Literary Art ix. 111 Saint-Simon, in his Memoirs, is primarily not historian nor biographer nor even autobiographer, but anecdotist and characterizer.
1926 PMLA 41 430 A poet has been the best characterizer of the personality of the man.
2006 M. Willis Mesmerists, Monsters, & Machines ii. 28 E. T. A. Hoffmann..is widely regarded as a leading late Romantic writer, a subtle fantasist, and a precise characterizer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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