a1653 H. Binning Useful Case Consc. (1693) 46 The Malignant party are even speaking so, As the Classers and purgers did to us, even so will we doe to them.

1758 Enq. into Plan & Pretensions Mr. Sheridan 35 It is I hope unquestionably evident, that our Classer of Geniuses, furnished with such an Assistant, is extremely well qualified to discharge in the compleatest manner the Office he is taking on him.

1816 Monthly Mag. 42 35 The classers of clouds adopt three main divisions.

1874 Australasian Sketcher 31 Oct. 119/3 Some hands then ‘skirt’ the wool..and the ‘classer’ decides on the classification.

1883 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier i Cotton factors, buyers, brokers..classers, pickers, pressers.

1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop vii. 71 The broad benches were piled high with golden fleeces which the classers, also Maoris, were sorting into various grades.

1973 N. Fernandez Tussock Fever 3 Erina had gathered up Mutu's last fleece and thrown it expertly on the table before the classer.

1998 S. Dingo Dingo xv. 184 More men picking up and throwing the fleeces on the table so the classer could assess the quality and fling them into the appropriate bin ready for the presser to do a lot of stomping.