[f. QUIZ v.1 + -ER1.]
1. One who quizzes or is given to quizzing.
1797. The Quiz, No. 13. 84. At every corner, I am accosted by some of these Quizzers.
1810. Scott, Lett. to Ellis, in Lockhart, xx. This said Kehama affords cruel openings for the quizzers.
a. 1845. Hood, Tale Trumpet, xvii. The mischievous quizzers, Sharp as knives, but double as scissors.
a. 1876. Ht. Martineau, Autobiog. (1877), II. 306. My lectures were maliciously misrepresented by a quizzer here and there.
2. = QUIZZING-GLASS. rare–1.
1806. Surr, Winter in Lond., II. 83. ‘You must have a quizzer.’ ‘What is that?’ said Edward. ‘Oh, an eye-glass.’
