assign
verb (used with object)
to give or allocate; allot.
assigner
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a word derived from
assign.
Example Sentences
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Not bad for someone who’s 80 and enjoying his time being on a crew with his son, Danny, who’s the assigner for officials in the San Fernando Valley unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
Kirk West, the assigner in the San Fernando Valley unit, said a number of football officials and baseball/softball umpires have chosen not to work this spring for safety concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2021
Tony Crittendon, the assigner for City Section officials, said the referee who worked the game told him the whistle was blown before the final play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2015
It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
Besides, were the money-furtherances, the proper season for them, the fit assigner of them, all settled,—how is the Burns to be recognised that merits these?
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
