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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The family had lived above their store, the “M and F” market, less than a year, the enumerator wrote on the official census form.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022
Now 81, he was 9 when the enumerator visited in 1950.
From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2022
Instead, the enumerator left a paper questionnaire, with a cover letter instructing the residents to mail it back.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 24, 2017
A David Walker speech is always worth listening to with care, for Mr. Walker is a reliable and thorough enumerator of popular deficit-scare themes.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2011
Prior to April 15, an advance schedule was sent to practically every farmer in the country, and he was asked to fill it out before the coming of the enumerator.
From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin
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