vettern.
/ˈvɛtə/, U.S. /ˈvɛdər/ Chiefly British.
A person who vets people or things for deficiencies, errors, or suitability.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > appraisal of character or qualities > one who appraises
evaluator1952
vetter1972
1972 Daily Tel. 9 June (Colour Suppl.) 7/3 One should be able to assume..that for the BBC's announcers and commentators, as well as for the authors, vetters and readers of scripts, literacy and oral propriety are automatic conditions of employment.
1984 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 2/7 This follows recommendations by the Security Commission into the case of Geoffrey Prime, the spy, whose psychological flaws went undiscovered by security vetters.
2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 2 Every aspect of their lives will be picked apart by expert vetters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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