scrutineer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/(UK)

Definition of scrutineer

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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”).”
  2. (Canada)A poll-watcher.
  3. (Canada)A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.

verb

  1. (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.

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