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ASSESSOR
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
Synonyms:
assessor; tax assessor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("assessor" is a kind of...):
administrative official; bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assessor"):
lister (assessor who makes out the tax lists)
Derivation:
assess (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)