Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who quizzes others, or makes them the object of banter or raillery.

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

  • noun One who quizzes; a quiz.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a person who quizzes or asks questions
  • noun a person who takes part in a quiz

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

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Examples

  • Bentley, however, reads 'quizzes,' which seems correct, as the word 'quizzer' usually bore an active sense, and 'quiz' a passive.

    Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

  • But he, on the other hand, a wit in his own class, a gay quizzer and laughter-maker at dances and Sunday picnics, had found the making of fun and the breaking of good - natured lances simple enough in this environment.

    Chapter 27 2010

  • Pal and colleague, J Krishnamurthi (a.k.a. JK a.k.a. Jakes), quizzer, quizmaster, techie and atrocious pun perpetrator has succumbed to the siren song of the blogosphere and set up not one but two blogs.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell are teaming again, this time for a kiddie-based quizzer tentatively titled "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?"

    Fox Quiz Show Makes Grade Josef Adalian 2006

  • Fox project plays in the same sandboxes as CBS' child genius quizzer, which Allison Grodner "Big Brother" is spearheading.

    Fox Quiz Show Makes Grade Josef Adalian 2006

  • It has also made interactive DVD spin-offs from comedy quizzer "QI" and car show "Top Gear," as well as a wide range of sports, health and fitness titles.

    Warner Music Launches Vid Content Arm Adam Dawtrey 2006

  • All the usual categories are covered by Trivia Machine – sports, art and literature, music, television – and despite being painfully easy, Trivia Machine is never shy of a few questions that'd throw off even the most hardened pub-quizzer.

    SLACKERJACK – Washing Machine Emulator 2006

  • She looked at the pocket quizzer Quillan was checking over unhurriedly.

    Legacy James H. Schmitz 1946

  • When he has been asked the question about half a dozen times in the course of a day, he is liable to become suspicious, and if his questioner is within range Schmitt stares at him for a few seconds in an absent-minded way, then an arm like that of a gorilla shoots out, and the quizzer (_Untersucher_) receives a resounding box on the ears to the huge delight of his companions.

    The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne Stephen King-Hall 1929

  • But he, on the other hand, a wit in his own class, a gay quizzer and laughter-maker at dances and Sunday picnics, had found the making of fun and the breaking of good - natured lances simple enough in this environment.

    Chapter 27 1908

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