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scrutineers

scrutineers is the plural of scrutineer.

scrutineers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrutineer.

Meaning of scrutineer

Noun

scrutineer (plural scrutineers)

  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...2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine
  2. (Canada, elections) A poll-watcher.
  3. (Canada) A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.

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Questions about scrutineers

What is scrutineers the plural of?
Scrutineers is the plural of scrutineer.

Words near scrutineers in the dictionary

  1. scrutinating
  2. scrutinee
  3. scrutineer
  4. scrutineered
  5. scrutineering
  6. scrutineers
  7. scrutinees
  8. scruting
  9. scrutinied
  10. scrutinies
  11. scrutinisable

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