scorekeeper
noun
an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
scorekeeping
-
a word derived from
scorekeeper.
Example Sentences
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Two of Varela’s friends, who Cortez said knew nothing about baseball but help with scorekeeping and other tasks, have officially been added to the roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Both authors claim to eschew domestic scorekeeping and yet ultimately recommend exactly that.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
“It treats judging as scorekeeping — and more, as scorekeeping about how much our decisions, or the aggregate of them, benefit a particular kind of party,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2021
So either our core fight is about my scorekeeping or about my anxiety.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2018
She should have said that it was not a crude revenge, or a scorekeeping, but took on a redemptive significance for her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
