census taker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of census taker
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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When the census taker drives through the colony in his truck, incongruously blaring a Monkees song, all of the other women ignore his megaphone instructions to come out and be recorded.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2023
He said some tribal members might have been reluctant to open the doors for a census taker who went door to door in Supai Village, deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022
White appeared in the infamous census taker sketch.
From Fox News • Jan. 5, 2022
A relative may be excluded from a census, or the census taker may have misspelled the name.
From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2021
If I was going to be the census taker, then this was my research paper and I could give Sookie a farmer’s tan if I wanted to.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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