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Meanings of scrutineer in English

Someone who examines votes at an election.

Usage of scrutineer in English
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The scrutineer of American politics is not the voter but the opponent.
The Guardian
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In the process, Mr Alwin Jimmy allegedly assaulted a scrutineer inside the countting room.
Radio NZ
3
Milton Kennedy, scrutineer, lifted his eyebrows as per agreement.
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
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He was active as a volunteer organiser, helped organise race meetings and was a chief scrutineer.
Radio NZ
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One scrutineer isn't enough.
The Keeper of the Door
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Milton Kennedy, who had to act as scrutineer at the poll in town, was forced to leave home with the mystery unsolved.
The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories
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It's good to see that sleepless scrutineer of sexism, Jimmy Deenihan TD, complaining about the way the Irish media cover women in sport.
The Irish Times
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She was 19 and counting votes for the Electoral Commission in the 1993 federal election, for which McGowan was volunteering as a scrutineer.
News.com.au
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The Scrutineer began calling the cardinals forward in order of precedence.
The Hyperion Cantos
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For this reason the returning officers and the scrutineers were pledged to secrecy.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
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Labor scrutineers told news.com.au older voters have punished the party for its higher-taxing agenda.
News.com.au
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Any errors that survived the attentions of the scrutineers are, of course, my own.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
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It is those out of power and craving it that are the real scrutineers.
The Guardian
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The whole experiment was worth it, though, if only for The Day Today's Scrutineer.
The Guardian
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The first Scrutineer shook the receptacle to mix the votes.
The Hyperion Cantos
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Meanwhile, hundreds of scrutineers and observers have received accreditation to monitor Bougainville's upcoming independence referendum.
Radio NZ
Scrutineer through the time