scrutineer

American  

[skroot-n-eer] / ˌskrut nˈɪər /

noun

Chiefly British and Canadian.

1. an official examiner, especially of votes in an election.

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scrutineer British  

/ ˌskruːtɪˈnɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of scrutineer

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

Example Sentences

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

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

His company, Pamodzi Sports Consulting, then transferred $299,300 to the offshore company Yemli Limited, which was linked to the former Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks, who was an IOC scrutineer at the vote in Copenhagen.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2017

The U.S. already has a permanent scrutineer of sorts for some kinds of political malfeasance.

From Time Magazine Archive

But where's that sore one, crabbed and-severe, Lieutenant Lon Lumbago, an arch scrutineer?

From John Marr and Other Poems by Melville, Herman