comptroller

[kuh n-troh-ler; spelling pronunciation komp-troh-ler]

noun

controller(def 1).

Origin of comptroller

by confusion with compt

Related formscomp·trol·ler·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for comptrollership

Historical Examples of comptrollership

I have not yet done anything about the Comptrollership of Chelsea.
Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

British Dictionary definitions for comptrollership

comptroller

noun

a variant spelling of controller, used esp as a title of any of various financial executives

Derived Formscomptrollership, noun

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Word Origin and History for comptrollership

comptroller

c.1500, variant of controller, with bad spelling due to influence of unrelated French compte "an account," from Latin computare.