enumerator
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that enumerates
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a person who compiles the voting list for an area
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a person who issues and retrieves forms during a census of population
Example Sentences
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There is a Minister to be appointed to the Irish Free State, an Enumerator of Seals for the Pribilof Islands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each census enumerator is identified by credentials in the form of an official U. S. document headed "Certificate of Appointment as Enumerator, and of Authority Thereunder."
From Time Magazine Archive
As I wished to deliver my completed schedule to the "Appointed Enumerator" in person, I desired that he might be shown into my study when he called for the paper.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 11, 1891 by Various
Enumerator on a schooner skirting the icy shores of the glacier-fed waters of the Behring Sea.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Enumerator at a doorway, entering in his portfolio the details of a household.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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