enumerator
- noun
- /ɪˈnjuːməˌreɪtər/
- 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
A person who asks many people about their views, especially about politics
A person or machine that keeps a total of items
A person who visits houses to ask about the people living there
A person who asks people questions and records their answers
A person who asks people questions to find out what they think
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
Surface Forms
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.