scrutator noun. [skru:'teɪtǝ] L16.
[Latin, from scrutat- pa. ppl stem of scrutari: see SCRUTINY noun, -ATOR.]
1. A person who examines or investigates something or someone. L16.

2. A person whose official duty it is to examine or investigate something closely; spec. (a) (Hist.) a university official responsible for examining votes at university elections and announcing the result; (b) gen. a scrutineer at an election. E17.

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