dispatcher

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
noun employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service

From dispatch + -er.

[C4-496] At 12:45 p.m. the dispatcher ordered No. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Toddles would have sold his soul for the dispatcher. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
RALPH, THE TRAIN DISPATCHER; or, The Mystery of the Pay Car. — The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall, Edward Stratemeyer

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