perusern.
/pəˈruːzə/, U.S. /pəˈruzər/ A person who peruses; a reader.
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society > communication > reading > reader > [noun]
readerOE
overreaderc1443
peruser1549
writee?1611
reading man1684
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
1549 J. Leland Laboryouse Journey sig. Dv No lesse profytable to vs..than were Strabo, Pliny, Ptholome, and other Geographers to their perusers.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 7 To the great pleasure and profite of the painfull peruser.
1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. Ep. Ded. 3 Be no seuere examiner, but a mild pervser.
1660 R. Brathwait To His Majestie 4 A Subject fitting to extract a tear From the Perusers eye.
1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. 19 It will be absolutely impossible for the candid Peruser to go along with me in a great many bright Passages.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 27 May 57 The most eager peruser of news is tired.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 199/1 Swift..was a peruser of rare books.
1883 F. H. Burnett Through One Admin. ii. 25 He sat down to read, deliberately choosing a complicated work which demanded the undivided attention of the peruser.
1935 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Dog beneath Skin ii. 71 The usual passengers: the spoilt child..the ostentatious peruser of important papers.
1998 Slavic Rev. 57 296 Numerous optical jokes and ‘ruses’ (obmanki) that work, momentarily, to trick or lead on the peruser of the album.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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