comptroller
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comptroller
- /kəmpˈtɹoʊləɹ/
- /kəmˈtɹoʊləɹ/
Sounds like controller · Rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (“account”) (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with [mp] is based on the spelling.
noun comptrollers
- The chief accountant of a company or government. So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts.
