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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Before arriving at the Journal in 2026, Adam worked as a bartender, a census enumerator, and a staff writer for The Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
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
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
Mr. Commissioner," he said, "I'm an assistant agent of the Census Bureau in Washington, and I'm just going to my station as an enumerator for the population.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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