enumerator
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- noun
- /ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪtər/
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enumerador
- As an enumerator, her job was to count the number of residents in the area.
- census enumerator
Examples
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In these cases, it is difficult to explain why the census enumerators have not accounted for the co-residence of parents and children.
Academic text (1993) -
The Census Bureau would love to do the count without enumerators.
Academic text (2010) -
If so, what information did the enumerator record for them?
Academic text (1993) -
All of these told the enumerator that they were unmarried.
Academic text (1991) -
For that, female enumerators were hired and trained prior to the data collection activity.
Academic text (2014) -
On the other hand, since enumerators were often paid by the number of entries, there was some incentive to overreport.
Academic text (1993) -
All of the enumerators had graduated from high school, and four of the five had graduated from the University of Limpopo.
Academic text (2018) -
Much of the work of enumerators boils down to discovering the flaws in the list.
Academic text (2010) -
For instance, the number of men listed by the census enumerator as laborers more than doubled between 1895 and 1920.
Academic text (2001) -
The enumerator identified Cherum as a hay cutter, like Walapai Charley at Mineral Park and Sookwana at Cerbat.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
128
4.8
A person who asks many people about their views, especially about politics
75
3.4
A person or machine that keeps a total of items
3
3.6
A person who visits houses to ask about the people living there
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4.1
A person who asks people questions and records their answers
1
3.7
A person who asks people questions to find out what they think
1
8.9
A person who counts and records items like votes or goods
A person or machine that checks voters and records ballots
A person who counts things, for example votes or goods
A person who counts and writes down the number or weight of goods
How Official
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Morphology
Etymology
Enumerator comes from the Latin word numerare, which means 'to count'. It shares the same root as number and numerous, so an enumerator is a person who counts or records things, for example people in a census.