ponderern.
/ˈpɒnd(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈpɑnd(ə)rər/ A person who ponders, esp. one who reflects or evaluates.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > [noun] > one who ponders
ponderer?1526
considerera1568
contemplator1597
deliberator1598
surveyor1606
chewer1612
head-scratcher1618
considerator1658
reflecter1665
reflector1665
deliberant1672
preoccupier1746
ruminator1758
phrontist1822
incubator1851
?1526 G. Hervet tr. Erasmus De Immensa Dei Misericordia sig. M.ivv Why styckest at it thou froward ponderer of an others dignite?
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pensit[at]or, a ponderer or wayer. Verborum pensitatores subtilissimi, the mooste subtyll ponderers of wordes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Peseur, a peiser, weigher; ponderer.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 149 The Ponderer and shaper of his Discourses.
1747 tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies 47 Thou art the Ponderer and Weigher out of all Spirits.
1783 J. Yonge Ess & Lett. on Most Important & Interesting Subj. I. 82 Perhaps it is well for the world that no more of them are ponderers.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. x. 246 He made an attempt to attract the attention of the silent and sullen ponderer.
1875 W. Jackson Philos. Nat. Theol. 36 Every earnest ponderer may keep his prolific idea steadily in view.
1945 R. Benchley One Minute Please 125 There is nothing left except for the ponderer to go crazy.
2004 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 26 Feb. 15 Being a quiet persuader and a ponderer, he would spend hours talking problems through, giving each man his due.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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