Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer; a scrutineer.
- noun In old English law, a bailiff appointed to protect the king's water-rights, as flotsam, jetsam, and wrecks; also, a public officer with like duties.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
scrutinizes orinvestigates .
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Examples
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She found Hilary contemplating her as if she was the subject and he the scrutator.
Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972
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In the rest of his book Durandus follows Paschasius, whom he somewhat emphatically styles Divini sacramenti scrutator diligentissimus discussorque catholicus, and from whom he borrows both his patristic apparatus and his theological views.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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The larva of Calosoma (C. calidum, Fig. 220; _a_, the beetle; and Fig. 219, C. scrutator) ascends trees to feed on caterpillars, such as the Canker worm.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Something like "heaven forgive me" was in Clara's mind, though she would have declared herself innocent before the scrutator.
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Something like "heaven forgive me" was in Clara's mind, though she would have declared herself innocent before the scrutator.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Cujus haec culpa, tu scrutator aliunde; mea est, si nescis.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 William Hickling Prescott 1827
reesetee commented on the word scrutator
It sounds like something rather different than that.... ;-)
September 27, 2007
colleen commented on the word scrutator
Would that be "SCREW-ta-tor" or "screw-TATER"?
September 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the word scrutator
That's what I was wondering.
September 28, 2007
whichbe commented on the word scrutator
An evil Decepticon who transforms into an interrogator's lamp.
October 28, 2008