Dictionary

dispatcher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English dispatch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dispatcher From dispatch + -er.

Meanings

1. (agent, form-of) Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
   form of dispatch
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. 1994 October, Richard Isaac, “Bigot Busters v. Religious Right: Bigot Busters Win”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
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.
   • 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. 2013, Lisa Plumley, The Honor-Bound Gambler, page 9:
   • First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […] 1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle, page 565:

Forms

Deriveds

flight dispatcher

Translations (39)

hy կարգավար (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · el διανομέας (one who dispatches (something)) · mk ди́спечер (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · hu menetirányító (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · ro expeditor (one who dispatches (something)) · ru экспеди́тор (one who dispatches (something)) · de Flugdienstberater (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · bg диспечер (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · el επιλογέας (a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled) · izh dispetcera (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · fi liikenteenohjaaja (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · cs dispečer (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · it mittente (one who dispatches (something)) · hu diszpécser (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · mk експеди́тор (one who dispatches (something)) · ro dispecer (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · it dispatcher (a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled) · fr régulateur (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · mk шпедите́р (one who dispatches (something)) · it spedizioniere (one who dispatches (something)) · cmn 調度 /调度 (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · ru диспе́тчер (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · ja ディスパッチャ (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · bg експедитор (one who dispatches (something)) · fi junanlähettäjä (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · ro trimițător (one who dispatches (something)) · sv tågklarerare (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · az dispetçer (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · hy դիսպետչեր (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · hu forgalomirányító (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · mk о́тправник (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · fi junasuorittaja (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · de Fahrdienstleiter (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · grc ἀποστολεύς (one who dispatches (something)) · fr expéditeur (one who dispatches (something)) · de Dispatcher (a person who controls the movements of vehicles) · hu feladó (one who dispatches (something)) · es despachador (one who dispatches (something)) · hu küldő (one who dispatches (something))