ferreter

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English

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Etymology

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From ferret +‎ -er.

Noun

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ferreter (plural ferreters)

  1. A person who hunts with ferrets.
  2. One who uncovers or brings to light; one who ferrets out.
    • 1984, Charles Reid, The Music Monster, page 165:
      There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully []