police dispatcher
US
noun
A member of the staff of a police station who receives information about crimes and transmits it to police patrols.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in The Edwardsville Intelligencer.
- metastomium
- metastrophe
- metastrophic
- metasyncritic
- metasyndesis
- meta-talk
- metatarsal
- metatarsalgia
- metatarso-phalangeal
- metatarsus
- metataxis
- metate
- meta-text
- metatextual
- metathalamus
- metatheater
- metatheatre
- metatheatrical
- metatheologian
- metatheological
- metatheology
- Metatheria
- metatherian
- metathesis
- metathesise