fact checker in English

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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
          "word": "feitenchecker"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
          "word": "faktantarkistaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Faktenprüfer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Faktenprüferin"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verificador"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who fact checks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "verificadora"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fact checker"
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        "2": "fact check",
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      },
      "expansion": "fact check (verb) + -er",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fact check (verb) + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fact checkers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      ],
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          "fact check"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
      "word": "feitenchecker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
      "word": "faktantarkistaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Faktenprüfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Faktenprüferin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verificador"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who fact checks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verificadora"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fact checker"
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"fact checker" meaning in English

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