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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Census enumerator using half-wild animals when dog-team was too exhausted to go farther.

From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

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