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Webster 1913 Edition


Assessor

As-sess′or

,
Noun.
[L., one who sits beside, the assistant of a judge, fr.
assid[GREEK]re
. See
Assession
. LL., one who arranges of determines the taxes, fr.
assid[GREEK]re
. See
Assess
,
Verb.
, and cf.
Cessor
.]
1.
One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.
Mozley & W.
2.
One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.
Whence to his Son,
The
assessor
of his throne, he thus began.
Milton.
With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his
assessors
in judgment.
I. Taylor.
3.
One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.
Bouvier.

Webster 1828 Edition


Assessor

ASSESS'OR

,
Noun.
1.
One appointed to assess the person or property.
2.
An inferior officer of justice, who sits to assist the judge.
3.
One who sits by another, as next in dignity.

Definition 2024


assessor

assessor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

assessor (plural assessors)

  1. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
  2. A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
  3. Tax assessor: Civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
  4. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
  5. (Britain, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.

Translations


Swedish

Noun

assessor c

  1. an associate judge, a deputy judge (at a court of appeal)

Declension

Inflection of assessor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative assessor assessorn assessorer assessorerna
Genitive assessors assessorns assessorers assessorernas

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