Today’s word is invigilator, meaning “one who watches over students at an examination”. I first encountered this word on the Real Property exam notice, initially putting it down to Professor Peter Butt’s sense of humour. The word has a certain Death Eater ring to it doesn’t it?
Alas, it’s a real word – although the OED tells me that invigilate used to mean “watch carefully” in a more general sense.
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