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English Dictionary: Treasurer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
treasurer
n
  1. an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds
    Synonym(s): treasurer, financial officer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Treasurer \Treas"ur*er\, n. [OE. tresourer, F. tr[82]sorier.]
      One who has the care of a treasure or treasure or treasury;
      an officer who receives the public money arising from taxes
      and duties, or other sources of revenue, takes charge of the
      same, and disburses it upon orders made by the proper
      authority; one who has charge of collected funds; as, the
      treasurer of a society or corporation.
  
      {Lord high treasurer of England}, formerly, the third great
            officer of the crown. His office is now executed by five
            persons styled the lords commissioners of the treasury, or
            treasury lords.
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