SCRUTINEER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone who examines votes at an election

Synonyms:

canvasser; scrutineer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("scrutineer" is a kind of...):

examiner; inspector (an investigator who observes carefully)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))

scrutiny (a prolonged intense look)