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enumerator

British  
/ ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪtə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that enumerates

  2. a person who compiles the voting list for an area

  3. a person who issues and retrieves forms during a census of population

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Next door, the enumerator recorded Joseph F. Curtis, a mail carrier, and next door to him a truck driver, Alfred Travers, his wife, Ada, and their nine children.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Asked about the document, Commerce spokesman James Rockas said, “As a former enumerator himself, Secretary Ross is keenly aware of the unique challenges posed by the census.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2017

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

One day a census enumerator in the employ of the United States government knocked at my door and left a printed list of questions for me to answer.

From The Patient Observer And His Friends by Strunsky, Simeon