scrutator

American  

[skroo-tey-ter] / skruˈteɪ tər /

noun

1. a person who investigates.

   The scientist, observer, or scrutator will always try to construct a rational theory.

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scrutator British  

/ skruːˈteɪtə /

noun

1. a person who examines or scrutinizes

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Etymology

Origin of scrutator

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin scrūtātor “searcher, examiner,” equivalent to scrūtā(rī) “to probe, examine closely,” a derivative of the (neuter plural) noun scrūta “discarded items, junk” + -tor agent noun suffix; see scrutiny -tor

Example Sentences

The third scrutator reads each name aloud, while the cardinals keep tally.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cardinal Passionei, the scrutator who had to declare the votes, and a member of the opposite faction, became, we are told, as pale as death when he announced with trembling voice the thirty-third vote.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 by Various

The most notable of these, perhaps, is a large beetle commonly called the Caterpillar Hunter; it is known to entomologists as Calosoma scrutator.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

Cujus haec culpa, tu scrutator aliunde; mea est, si nescis.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 by Prescott, William Hickling

Calosoma scrutator, is well named the handsome, for it is one of our most beautiful insects of this class.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.