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Qualifier   /kwˈɑləfˌaɪər/   Listen
Qualifier

noun
1.
A contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition.
2.
A content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb.  Synonym: modifier.






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"Qualifier" Quotes from Famous Books



... impossibility; and these three are the aforesaid sailors and tailors, and dragoon officers. However, hand me the brandy bottle; and, Pegtop, spate me that black jack that you are rinsing—so. Useful commodity, a cup of this kind." here our friend dashed in a large qualifier of cognac, "it not only conceals the quality of the water, for you can sometimes perceive the animalculae hereabouts without a microscope, but also the strength of the libation. So—a piece of biscuit now, ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott

... A computer; esp. in the construction 'foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like 'graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, 'Unix box', 'MS-DOS box', etc.) "We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe." 2. [IBM] Without qualification but within an SNA-using site, this refers specifically to an IBM front-end processor ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0

... harmony of their voices rendering it suitable to the majesty and high dignity of him who filled their thoughts at that moment. The reverend father Francisco Colin, outgoing provincial and present rector of the college of the Society of Jesus, and qualifier of the Holy Office, sealed the glory of that day. He mounted the pulpit, where he preached a sermon so well suited to the subject in its eloquence, the depth of its arguments, the gravity and maturity of its discourse, the profundity ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXXVI, 1649-1666 • Various

... of the Superior Court for each county shall be elected by the qualifier voters thereof, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law for the election of members ...
— School History of North Carolina • John W. Moore



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