scrutineer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˌskrutəˈnɪr/ UK /ˌskruːtɪˈnɪə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who examines or oversees the counting of votes

Each party sent a scrutineer to watch the ballot count.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who examines or... inspector examiner monitor observer teller checker

Word family

Related forms scrutiny scrutinizescrutinizer

Etymology

From 'scrutiny' + '-eer'; 'scrutiny' is from Latin 'scrutinium' ('a search, inquiry'), from 'scrutari' ('to search, examine'), originally 'to sort rags', from 'scruta' ('trash, rags').

scrutinium Latin scrutari Latin

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# scrutineer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌskrutəˈnɪr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌskruːtɪˈnɪə/

## Meanings
1. a person who examines or oversees the counting of votes

## Examples
- Each party sent a scrutineer to watch the ballot count.

## Synonyms
- inspector
- examiner
- monitor
- observer
- teller
- checker

## Related Forms
- scrutiny
- scrutinize
- scrutinizer

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: scrutinium
- Root: scrutari

## Etymology
From 'scrutiny' + '-eer'; 'scrutiny' is from Latin 'scrutinium' ('a search, inquiry'), from 'scrutari' ('to search, examine'), originally 'to sort rags', from 'scruta' ('trash, rags').

## AI Etymology
Scrutineer comes from 'scrutiny' + '-eer'; 'scrutiny' is from Latin 'scrutinium' ('a search, inquiry'), from 'scrutari' ('to search, examine'), originally 'to sort rags', from 'scruta' ('trash, rags'). The historical chain includes Latin scrutinium and Latin scrutari. The quoted older senses, "scrutiny", "-eer", "scrutinium", "a search, inquiry", and "scrutari", supply the semantic anchors for scrutineer. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word scrutineer carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a person who examines or oversees the counting of votes". Related English forms include scrutiny, scrutinize, and scrutinizer. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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