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Assessor

Assessor Meaning & Definition
Assessor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assessor?

[n] an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assessor: tax assessor

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See Also | administrative official | bureaucrat | lister

Assessor In Webster's Dictionary

\As*sess"or\, n. [L., one who sits beside, the assistant of a judge, fr. assid?re. See {Assession}. LL., one who arranges of determines the taxes, fr. assid?re. See {Assess}, v., 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.

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