ferreter

English

Etymology

From ferret +‎ -er.

Noun

ferreter (plural ferreters)

1. A person who hunts with ferrets.
2. One who uncovers or brings to light; one who ferrets out.
   • 1984, Charles Reid, The Music Monster, page 165:

     There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully […]