Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who classifies or sorts according to certain qualities or characteristics: as, a classer of wool or cotton.

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  • noun One who classes or classifies
  • noun mostly in compounds A member of a particular class

Etymologies

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class +‎ -er.

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Examples

  • Lien Permanent Dans une récente enquête effectuée au Japon sur 1102 jeunes femmes, on leur a demandé de classer les produits par conception.

    Young Japanese views on marriage, children and divorce: part 1 of 3 2009

  • I'm not sure of how to change that, but cutting funds and making teacher work longer with bigger classer doesn't exactly appear to be the right solution for me.

    Distance doesn't really make the heart grow fonder C N Heidelberg 2009

  • This middle-classer (growing up in the 90s) did well under Clinton.

    George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb 2009

  • This middle-classer (growing up in the 90s) did well under Clinton.

    George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb 2009

  • Le problème avec les ontologies ou les systèmes de classement hiérarchiques est qu'ils doivent être conçus de façon à accommoder tout élément à classer pouvant surgir dans le futur.

    On Tags and Ontologies — Climb to the Stars 2005

  • Le problème avec les ontologies ou les systèmes de classement hiérarchiques est qu'ils doivent être conçus de façon à accommoder tout élément à classer pouvant surgir dans le futur.

    2005 January — Climb to the Stars 2005

  • In Europe, you have to have 1 year of experience on a 500cc or under before you can legally drive a 600, then 2 more years on a 600 before you can jump on an open-classer.

    kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001

  • From that he learned to skirt, picking the dirt-encrusted edges off the fleeces and transferring them to bins ready for the attention of the classer, who was shed aristocrat: the man who like a wine-taster or a perfume-tester cannot be trained unless he also has instinct for the job.

    The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

  • J'ai une théorie des forces qui animent et modifient la société, et qui se résume à classer les phénomènes en tendances fortes, courants porteurs et signaux faibles.

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

  • As far as I can remember there was Mr. Thomas Johns, the manager, his wife and his son Cliff, an odd man — is roustabout the right word? — called Albert Black, three shepherds, five visiting shearers, a wool classer, three boys, two gardeners, a cow-man and a station cook.

    Died in the Wool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1945

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