enumerator

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English

Etymology

From enumerate +‎ -or.

Noun

enumerator (plural enumerators)

  1. A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a counter or iterator.
    • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
      The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.
  2. A census taker.

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Latin

Verb

ēnumerātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēnumerō