[f. CERTIFY v. + -ER1.] One who certifies; the giver of a certificate.

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1598.  Florio, Certificatore, an assurer, a certifier.

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1687.  A. Farmer, in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), 73. Mr. Brabourne, the other Certifier.

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1885.  J. R. Gasquet, in 19th Cent., May, 858. Each certificate must set forth the facts, observed by the certifier himself, which lead him to consider the patient not merely unsound in mind, but also fit to be detained under care and treatment.

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