n. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
n. A preliminary stage of a competition.
n. A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
n. A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who or that which qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers, or restrains; specifically, in grammar, a word that qualifies another, as an adjective a noun, or an adverb a verb, etc.
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n. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
n. a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
Word Usage
"* Thanks, Jayack, for reminding me that a qualifier is needed."