indagatorn.
/ˈɪndəɡeɪtə/ Now rare.
A searcher, investigator, inquirer.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > person conducting
searchera1382
inseerc1438
intracer?a1475
inquisitor?1504
investigator1538
peruser1549
tracer1552
scrutineer1557
examinant1587
revisitor1594
examiner?1608
examinator1612
researcher1615
indagator1620
ferret1629
pryer1674
probator1691
disquisitor1766
grubber1776
prober1777
grubbler1813
detective1850
expiscator1882
1620 T. Venner Via Recta iii. 62 Not sensible, but to the curious Indagator and Obseruer of things.
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1662) 155 To pretend to be more accurate Indagators into matters of Religion.
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 44 Awake, ye curious Indagators! Fond Of knowing All, but what avails you known.
1849 Jeffrey Let. in Cockburn Life II. ccvii Unreadable for all but the indefatigable indagators of transcendental truths.
1884 Athenæum 9 Feb. 187/3 Being too extensive and obstructed for a solitary non~resident indagator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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