dispatcher

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Definition of dispatcher

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (agent, form-of)Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
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noun

  1. (agent, form-of)Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
  2. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
    “The organization of Decline to Sign involved trained teams sent out to where 608/610 supporters were gathering signatures, alerted by dispatchers operating a hotline to which anyone could call in—from a mall, the ferry terminals, holiday events, etc. when signature gatherers were sighted.”
  3. A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
  4. (slang)Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
    “First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]”
    “He also knew, with another proficient glance, that the dice the youngster jiggled were likely a pair of dispatchers—so named because they effectively "dispatched" their intended targets: suckers.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From dispatch + -er.

Anagrams of dispatcher

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6-letter words

25 words

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