estimator

From Latin aestimātor;^[1] equivalent to estimate +‎ -or.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪ.tə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.tɚ/, [ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.ɾɚ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.tə/, [ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.ɾə]

estimator (plural estimators)

1. A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
   • 1596, James Melville, The Diary of Mr James Melvill. 1556-1601., Edinburgh, published 1829, page 225:

     The Æstimators of the Valor of everie Townes Teinds.

2. (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

• L-estimator

• overestimator
• underestimator

• East Timor, misrotate, triatomes

Borrowed from French estimateur. By surface analysis, estima +‎ -tor.

estimator m (plural estimatori)

1. assessor