scrutineer

English edit

Etymology edit

From scrutiny +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun edit

scrutineer (plural scrutineers)

(now chiefly motor racing) A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
- 2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine‎^[1]:
  Those people coined the term “open source,” to stress the instrumental benefits of allowing others to scrutinize code: these scrutineers could root out defects and prevent the nefarious subversion of code to spy on or steal data from its users (there’s a saying for this, too: “with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”).
(Canada, elections) A poll-watcher.
(Canada) A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.

Derived terms edit

scrutineering (n.)

Verb edit

scrutineer (third-person singular simple present scrutineers, present participle scrutineering, simple past and past participle scrutineered)

(transitive) To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.

Derived terms edit

scrutineered (adj.)