"dispatcher" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dispatcher.wav Forms: dispatchers [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From dispatch + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|dispatch|-er|id2=agent noun}} dispatch + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} dispatcher (plural dispatchers)
  1. agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches. Tags: agent, form-of Form of: dispatch (extra: one who dispatches) Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (one who dispatches (something)): ἀποστολεύς (apostoleús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), експедитор (ekspeditor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), expéditeur [masculine] (French), διανομέας (dianoméas) [common-gender] (Greek), küldő (Hungarian), feladó (Hungarian), mittente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), spedizioniere [masculine] (Italian), експеди́тор (ekspedítor) [masculine] (Macedonian), шпедите́р (špeditér) [masculine] (Macedonian), expeditor [masculine] (Romanian), trimițător [masculine] (Romanian), экспеди́тор (ekspedítor) [masculine] (Russian), despachador (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dispatcher-en-noun-Qcr02M5e Disambiguation of Occupations: 46 21 16 17 Disambiguation of People: 39 20 19 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 15 18 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 81 5 6 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 7 9 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 19 13 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 14 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 45 11 24 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 42 26 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 43 27 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 12 15 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 23 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 11 13 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 56 11 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 49 9 25 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 19 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 52 12 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 59 11 11 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 59 11 11 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 43 27 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 11 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 50 12 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 53 12 13 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 56 10 12 22 Disambiguation of 'one who dispatches (something)': 77 17 3 3
  2. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles. Translations (a person who controls the movements of vehicles): դիսպետչեր (dispetčʻer) (Armenian), կարգավար (kargavar) (Armenian), dispetçer (Azerbaijani), диспечер (dispečer) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 調度 /调度 (diàodù) (Chinese Mandarin), dispečer [masculine] (Czech), régulateur [masculine] (French), Flugdienstberater [masculine] [aviation, aeronautics, aerospace, engineering, business, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), Dispatcher [masculine] (German), diszpécser (Hungarian), forgalomirányító (Hungarian), menetirányító (Hungarian), dispetcera (Ingrian), ディスパッチャ (disupatcha) (Japanese), ди́спечер (díspečer) [masculine] (Macedonian), о́тправник (ótpravnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), dispecer [masculine] (Romanian), диспе́тчер (dispétčer) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dispatcher-en-noun-lN3LHGtR Disambiguation of 'a person who controls the movements of vehicles': 15 79 2 4
  3. (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled): επιλογέας (epilogéas) [masculine] (Greek), dispatcher [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-dispatcher-en-noun-o8wmpPyI Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled': 4 1 93 2
  4. (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-dispatcher-en-noun-vvy7WGt- Topics: gambling, games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]",
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      "roman": "ekspeditor",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експедитор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "expéditeur"
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      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
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      "word": "διανομέας"
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      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
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      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "word": "küldő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "word": "feladó"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mittente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spedizioniere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ekspedítor",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експеди́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "špeditér",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "шпедите́р"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "expeditor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trimițător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspedítor",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экспеди́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who dispatches (something)",
      "word": "despachador"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dispetčʻer",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "դիսպետչեր"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kargavar",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "կարգավար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "dispetçer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dispečer",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диспечер"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diàodù",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "調度 /调度"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispečer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "régulateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "aviation",
        "aeronautics",
        "aerospace",
        "engineering",
        "business",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Flugdienstberater"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dispatcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "diszpécser"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "forgalomirányító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "menetirányító"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "dispetcera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "disupatcha",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "word": "ディスパッチャ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "díspečer",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ди́спечер"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ótpravnik",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́тправник"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dispétčer",
      "sense": "a person who controls the movements of vehicles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "диспе́тчер"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epilogéas",
      "sense": "a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επιλογέας"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dispatcher"
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}

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