Enumerator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who, or a thing that enumerates; a counter or iterator.

    "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. 2
    someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes wordnet
  3. 3
    A census taker.

Synonyms

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census takercensus taker

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From enumerate + -or.

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