scrutineer
UK/ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/
scrutineer noun: a person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
Noun
scrutineer (plural scrutineers)
- 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...2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine
- A poll-watcher.
- A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.
Verb
scrutineer (third-person singular simple present scrutineers, present participle scrutineering, simple past and past participle scrutineered)
- To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.
scrutineer meaning in Tamil
scrutineer in Tamil
- நுண்ணாய்வுநர், வாக்குரிமைத் தாள் ஆய்பவர், குடவோலை ஆய்வாளர்
Forms of scrutineer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scrutineers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scrutineers |
| present participle | scrutineering |
| past participle | scrutineered |
| past | scrutineered |
Origin of scrutineer
From scrutiny + -eer.
Words formed from scrutineer
Words that rhyme with scrutineer
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about scrutineer
- What does scrutineer mean?
- Scrutineer means a person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
- What is scrutineer in Tamil?
- Scrutineer in Tamil is நுண்ணாய்வுநர், வாக்குரிமைத் தாள் ஆய்பவர், குடவோலை ஆய்வாளர். See Scrutineer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scrutineer?
- Scrutineer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scrutineer?
- Scrutineer is pronounced /ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scrutineer?
- The plural of scrutineer is scrutineers.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrutineer (page history and authors); scrutineer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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