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noser

1 9.1

A person or animal that finds things by smell

noun
/ˈnoʊzər/

: olfateador

Examples

The Journal scribe was about to be a brown-noser, not a brown-noser.

Fiction book (1990)
The dog is a skilled noser, able to sniff out hidden treats even from a distance.
During the search, the police dog acted as a noser, detecting scents that led them to the missing persons.
As a professional drug detection dog, he was trained to be an excellent noser for illicit substances.

Synonyms

sniffer

vsnoser

5 4.5

A person, animal, or device that finds things by smell, for example dogs

uses smell mainly to locate or examine rather than identify substances

smeller

vsnoser

1 4.1

A person or animal that finds things by using their nose

focuses on using smell to locate or examine things

Compounds

brown-noser

Offensive

1 8.3

A person who praises someone in charge too much to gain favor

brown noser

Offensive

8.5

A person who praises people in charge to get things they want

How Keen

bloodhound

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noser

1 9.1

Surface Forms

noser singular

nosers plural

Morphology

noser = nose (transparent) = nose + er

Direct agentive formation from the verb 'nose' ('to sniff/pry'), so a learner who knows 'nose' and '-er' can infer 'a person/animal that smells or sniffs'.

Etymology

The word noser comes from nose 'organ for smelling' and the ending -er 'one who does something'. So a noser is someone or an animal that finds or examines things by smell.