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scrutineer

American  
[skroot-n-eer] / ˌskrut nˈɪər /

noun

Chiefly British and Canadian.
  1. an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.


scrutineer British  
/ ˌskruːtɪˈnɪə /

noun

  1. a person who examines, esp one who scrutinizes the conduct of an election poll

"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

Etymology

Origin of scrutineer

First recorded in 1550–60; scrutin(y) + -eer


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Jon Chapman, independent scrutineer, said the force should "review its process when providing victims of rape and serious sexual assault with an investigative outcome".

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022

You need, it seems to me, to move from parliament being just a scrutineer but to be active participants, and that means discovering parliament’s mind.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2019

This is the classic American desert, a frontier defined less by an absence of water than of oversight – what the great scrutineer of the west Mary Austin called a “country of lost borders”.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2018

ARENA'S official scrutineer was finally ejected by the election commission for repeatedly interrupting the vote-counting process.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scrutineer continued his list in order of forms.

From Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey

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