"accessor" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From access + -or.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Someone or something that accesses."
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Anything that accesses",
          "word": "accesseur"
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        "A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data."
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          "function"
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        [
          "retrieve",
          "retrieve"
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        [
          "value",
          "value"
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        [
          "data",
          "data"
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        "(object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data."
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          "word": "getter"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
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          "sense": "Function that retrieves a value",
          "word": "accesseur"
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  "etymology_text": "From access + -or.",
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        "Someone or something that accesses."
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      "sense": "Anything that accesses",
      "word": "accesseur"
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      "sense": "Function that retrieves a value",
      "word": "accesseur"
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