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qualifier|ˈkwɒlɪfaɪə(r)|
[f. qualify + -er1.]
1. One who, or that which, qualifies, in various senses of the vb. Also, one who makes himself eligible for a tournament, or for the final rounds of a tournament, as in golf or lawn tennis; transf., a preliminary round of a competition. Also attrib.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xix. (1634) 719 Away with these qualifiers, that cover one sacriledge with so many sacriledges. 1576Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 79 Qualifiers and alayers of the heat of blood. 1638R. Younge Drunkard's Character 269 Tobacco, being hot and dry, must have a qualifier of cold and moist from the pot. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) I. xxvi. 183 Sir Charles is no qualifier, Sir, when he stakes his honour. 1796Lamb Lett. (1837) I. 55, I was unwilling to let my last night's letter go off without this qualifier. 1887Pall Mall G. 9 Mar. 5/1 Our qualifiers of beer have recently been [catching it]. 1909Daily Chron. 7 May 8/4 Out in 36, he came home in a good 73, and..made certain of a place among the qualifiers. 1920Glasgow Herald 15 July 8 [Rifle shooting] Along with the Prince of Wales's tie were decided the ties in the Qualifier competition. 1951Sport 16–22 Mar. 20/3 Although there are still quite a few more qualifying races due between now and April 7th it looks doubtful that we shall get a better qualifier. 1976Tennis Today Aug. 8/1 Representing our shores was a total of sixteen players including the sole British qualifier Corinne Molesworth. 1976Western Mail (Cardiff) 22 Nov. 16/2 Irish jumping star Bannow Rambler will be sent to Chepstow for an Embassy 'Chase qualifier next Saturday week. 1977Daily Express 29 Mar. 32/4 England put nine goals past Luxemburg 16 years ago in the away leg of a World Cup qualifier.
2. Gram. A word, as an adjective or adverb, attached to another word to qualify it. Also, a qualifying phrase or subordinate clause.
The specialized applications in quots. 1892, 1965, and 1972 are not in general use.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. (Arb.) 193 Your Epitheton or qualifier..must be apt and proper for the thing he is added vnto. 1765J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. viii. 183 Instead of a definition or picture, a name or noun was invented; instead of its specification, the qualifier or adjective. Ibid. 186 A sentence may also be complex and compound. Complex it becomes, when the subject or object has a qualifier joined. 1875Whitney Life Lang. vi. 103 Formal correspondence between a substantive and its qualifier or representative. 1892H. Sweet New Eng. Gram. i. §34. 13 When we distinguish between many men, all men, and some men or few men, we cannot say that many, all, some, few are attribute-words; they are only qualifiers. 1925Grattan & Gurrey Our Living Lang. xvii. 104 A Qualifier may be a Substantive or a Case-Phrase, or even a Sentence. 1933O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. vii. 67 Little is sometimes a qualifier (a little girl), sometimes a quantifier (a little bread). 1965N. C. Stageberg Introd. Eng. Gram. xv. 226 The fourth structure-class contains the qualifiers. The qualifier position is the one just before an adjectival or an adverbial. Ibid., It is evident that uninflected words like very, quite, and rather can be called qualifiers; and when an inflected word like pretty and mighty appears in the same position, consider it a qualifier by position. 1972J. Muir Mod. Approach Eng. Gram. i. 5 An element of structure may precede the head element: this is called the modifier; and an element of structure may follow the head element: this is called the qualifier. Thus:..the big boy with red hair is a nominal group with three elements of structure, an m element (the big), an h element (boy) and a q element (with red hair) giving the structure mhq.
3. R.C. Ch. = qualificator.
a1843Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. (1851) IV. 670 Approved and licensed by Qualifiers. 1888G. Salmon Infall. Church xiv. 235 The question of law is referred to a special Board of skilled theologians, under the title of Qualifiers. |