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[ dih-spach-er ] / dɪˈspætʃ ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dispatcher ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who dispatches. a person who oversees the departure of trains, airplanes, buses, etc., as for a transportation company or railroad. dispatchers, Slang. a fraudulently made pair of dice; loaded dice. Origin of dispatcherFirst recorded in 1540–50; dispatch + -er1 OTHER WORDS FROM dispatcherpre·dis·patch·er, nounWords nearby dispatcherdispassionate, dispatch, dispatch boat, dispatch box, dispatch case, dispatcher, dispatch rider, Dis Pater, dispauper, dispel, dispend Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dispatcherAnd then the voice of a dispatcher crackles over the radio with those alarming words. Synagogue Slay: When Cops Have to Kill|Michael Daly|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST But Brooklyn was still Brooklyn, and at 1:45 a.m. a dispatcher could be heard saying on the police radio, “Shots fired by an MOS.” Synagogue Slay: When Cops Have to Kill|Michael Daly|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST At 12:02 p.m., Wilson called in his location and asked the dispatcher for backup. Why Darren Wilson Will Walk|Dean Obeidallah|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The 911 dispatcher patched in an ambulance dispatcher, saying, “I can hear him hitting her now.” The Ray Rice of Judges May Keep His Job|Tim Mak|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Moments later, the dispatcher said she hears an officer is involved in a shooting, but the information is coming from local media. Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: August 17|PunditFact.com|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like one bereft I ran back into the telegraph office, and began to call the dispatcher's office. A Lover in Homespun|F. Clifford Smith The circuit arrangement for the dispatcher's outfit of the Gill system is shown in Fig. 491. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2|Kempster Miller When the dispatcher transmits a train order by telephone, he writes out the order as he speaks it into his transmitter. Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2|Kempster Miller The dispatcher said "78" and he responded, he said, "You are in the Oak Cliff area, are you not?" Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy So, you called the dispatcher and told him what you said you told him, and what happened next, to your recollection? Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Words related to dispatcherprophet, go-between, emissary, courier, mediator, gofer, ambassador, harbinger, bearer, runner, envoy, detail, agent, herald, precursor, forerunner, carrier, minister, post, detachment |