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dispatcher

  • /ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ UK

Rhymes with -ætʃə(ɹ)

noun dispatchers

  1. agent Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
  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.
  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. First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]

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Closest in meaning: trainmaster, yardmaster, starter, shipper, device, regulator, plenum, mailer, salesperson, retailer, sender, forwarder, vendor, dealer, reseller, exporter

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noun one who dispatches (something)

Españoldespachador
Françaisexpéditeur
Italianomittente, spedizioniere
Ελληνικάδιανομέας dianoméas
Românăexpeditor, trimițător
Русскийэкспеди́тор ekspedítor

noun a person who controls the movements of vehicles

日本語ディスパッチャ disupatcha
中文調度 /调度 diàodù
Françaisrégulateur
DeutschFlugdienstberater, Dispatcher, Fahrdienstleiter
Românădispecer
Русскийдиспе́тчер dispétčer

noun a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled

Italianodispatcher
Ελληνικάεπιλογέας epilogéas

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@misc{dispatcher_2026,
  title = {dispatcher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dispatcher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}