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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'assessor' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Assessor \As*sess"or\, n. [L., one who sits beside, the assistant of a judge, fr. assid[?]re. See {Assession}. LL., one who arranges of determines the taxes, fr. assid[?]re. See {Assess}, v., and cf. {Cessor}.] 1. One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors. --Mozley & W. 2. One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office. Whence to his Son, The assessor of his throne, he thus began. --Milton. With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment. --I. Taylor. 3. One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation. --Bouvier. | |
