screener

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From screen +‎ -er.

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screener (plural screeners)

  1. One who, or that which, screens.
    1. (mining, historical) A person employed to filter the mined coal through a metal screen to remove impurities.
      Synonyms: screenman, screensman
    2. A question or survey used to filter potential participants based on some characteristic.
  2. An advance screening of a film sent to critics, awards voters, etc.
  3. (in combination) A cinema having the specified number of screens.
    • 1983, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 16, number 6:
      Movie buffs can indulge themselves at the Hollywood Cinema, a two screener showing second-run films at reduced prices, 5916 Hamilton Avenue.

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