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

Something like "heaven forgive me" was in Clara's mind, though she would have declared herself innocent before the scrutator.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

Agarde died on the 22nd of August 1615 and was buried in the cloister of Westminster Abbey, on his tomb being inscribed ``Recordorum regiorum hic prope depositorum diligens scrutator.''

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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.

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.