scrutineer
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/ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/(UK)
Definition of scrutineer
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
“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”).”
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noun
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A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
“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)A poll-watcher.
- (Canada)A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.
verb
- (transitive)To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.
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Etymology
From scrutiny + -eer.
Words you can make from scrutineer
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