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 or investigates.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word scrutator.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • It sounds like something rather different than that.... ;-)

    September 27, 2007

  • Would that be "SCREW-ta-tor" or "screw-TATER"?

    September 28, 2007

  • That's what I was wondering.

    September 28, 2007

  • An evil Decepticon who transforms into an interrogator's lamp.

    October 28, 2008