Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who peruses; one who reads or examines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who peruses.

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  • noun One who peruses.

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Examples

  • In the links you will see that I come out as a peruser of craft.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • Published to coincide with Columbus's rather sour quincentenary, The Discovery of America, a handsomely produced album of over two hundred works by Saul Steinberg, made a rather melancholy impression upon this peruser, the causes of which I will try to discover.

    What He Didn't Tell the New Kitty 2009

  • As a recent reader of your blog, I find it hard to know about you--although the hidden story of Ann is in these many blogs and vlogs, it would appear to the casual peruser that you have a son featured in the cafe pictures, moved from trendy and cool, Money magazine top residential area Madison to NYC some 1.5-2 years ago, and enjoy your professorial endeavors.

    My makeshift radio studio. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Comments (6) yo nate: hey, first time commentor, long time peruser.

    weekend is here! (Music (For Robots)) 2005

  • Prelatist, is desirous that his predecessors should be held moderate in their power, and just in their execution of its privileges, when truly, the unimpassioned peruser of the annals of those times shall deem them sanguinary, violent, and tyrannical.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • Believe the Bible or don't, but any intelligent peruser of the Book should note quickly that God rarely does anything.

    Those contemptuous atheists... why won't they be kind? Ann Althouse 2006

  • As an occasional peruser of your scathing criticisms of the criminal justice system in this country; I feel it is about time that the other side of the story is brought to the attention of your readers.

    The Policeman's Blog 2006

  • If you're a frequent user, abuser, and sometime peruser of my innermost psychotic bloodthirst here, you may have noticed that the last couple of weeks have been a little sparse.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Michelle Collins 2006

  • If you're a frequent user, abuser, and sometime peruser of my innermost psychotic bloodthirst here, you may have noticed that the last couple of weeks have been a little sparse.

    The Lowdown Michelle Collins 2006

  • What an abbreviator and clawer off of lawsuits, reconciler of differences, examiner and fumbler of bags, peruser of bills, scribbler of rough drafts, and engrosser of deeds would he not make!

    Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

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