dispatcher

American  

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /

noun

1. a person who dispatches.

2. a person who oversees the departure of trains, airplanes, buses, etc., as for a transportation company or railroad.

3. Slang. dispatchers, a fraudulently made pair of dice; loaded dice.

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Other Word Forms

• predispatcher noun

Etymology

Origin of dispatcher

First recorded in 1540–50; dispatch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The command hub is kept movie-theater dark so the operators, known as dispatchers, can better study the wall-to-wall screens showing the movement of electricity across the service area.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Very top of Lachman, is where we are,” he told the dispatcher.

From Los Angeles Times

Workers quickly cleared debris from the tracks, put up heated tents for passengers, restored the electricity grid and tasked a manual dispatcher with regulating traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal

He lives upstate and works as a dispatcher for a cable company.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of those details include having buy-in from the police, training dispatchers on how to triage calls, and integrating mental health staff.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• courier
• emissary
• go-between
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