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In Washington CWAdministrator Hopkins has made a reputation for himself that is wholly independent of his fortuitous political popularity as the greatest disburser of ready cash in the country's history.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1767 the city of San Gavan, remaining intact amid the ruin of all its neighbors, was the sole disburser of the riches of the Caravaya Valley.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

I suspect that she had found cause in the past to rank her mother with Clem as a weigher and disburser of moneys.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon

When the Revolution arrived, Monsieur de Varandeuil, thanks to the Comte d'Artois' patronage, was disburser of pensions.

From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de

It was the disburser of alms and a many-handed robber.

From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Wishart, Alfred Wesley