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Investigator

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One, especially a detective, who investigates.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who investigates.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who searches diligently into a subject.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who investigates or makes careful research.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who investigates

n. a police officer who investigates crimes

n. a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

Word Usage

"Schantag has posted him under "phonies and wannabees" on the POW Network website, and a Department of Veterans Affairs investigator is now looking into his record."

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

researcher scientist detective observer psychologist practitioner investigations analyst journalist physician