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scorer

scorer

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A worker who marks trees to be cut down
  • noun
  • /ˈskɔːrər/
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  • Written by an insider who has worked as a test scorer, the article outlines a multinational industry based on an army of temporary workers paid by the piece at $0.30 to $0.70 per test, translating to the need to grade 40 tests per hour to make a $12 salary.

Examples

  • As a scorer, my main responsibility was to mark trees that were ready to be cut down.

  • The experienced scorer pointed out which trees to fell to optimize the logging process.

  • Kevin, professional scorer and our host for the day.

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  • He is a strong personality, active physically, and makes some impact plays, but he is not a scorer yet and has lapses on defense in part due to being too short for a 4.

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  • But McGruder's emergence as a clear go-to guy and dominant scorer has made me very optimistic about his place in recent KSU basketball history.

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  • Klay Thompson, though at the moment little more than a volume scorer, still finds ways to put the ball in the basket, averaging exactly 16 points per 36 minutes.

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  • Gail has been a Boone and Crockett Club scorer for 35 years, meaning he is trained and certified as an official measurer for the wildlife conservation organization.

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  • Every morning, the scorer would walk through the forest to identify which trees needed to be marked.

Surface Forms

scorer singular
scorers plural

Morphology

scorer = score (semi-transparent) = score + er

Formally an agent noun from 'score' (to mark), but the logging-specific meaning 'one who marks trees' uses a less common, specialized sense of 'score'.

Etymology

The word scorer comes from score, which once meant 'to cut a mark' on wood to show something. So a scorer in logging is the person who marks the trees that will be cut.