A person who descries or catches sight of something; one who spots or observes.
From descry + -er (agent noun suffix). Follows the pattern of English agent nouns formed by adding -er to verbs.
A descrier was the medieval equivalent of a radar operator—the person in the crow's nest whose job was literally to spot things and sound the alarm.
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