qualifier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition
    • the tournament was won by a late qualifier
  2. noun a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
    modifier.

WordNet


Qual"i*fi`er
Definitions
  1. , One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains.

Webster 1913