scrutineer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English scrutiny

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old French -ier

Middle French -ierder.

English -eer

English scrutineer

From scrutiny + -eer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɹuː.tɪn.ɪə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

scrutineer (plural scrutineers)

1. (now chiefly motor racing) A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
   • 2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine‎^[1]:

     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, elections) A poll-watcher.
3. (Canada) A person who observes any process which requires rigorous oversight.

Derived terms

• scrutineering (n.)

Verb

scrutineer (third-person singular simple present scrutineers, present participle scrutineering, simple past and past participle scrutineered)

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.

Derived terms

• scrutineered (adj.)