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Dispatcher   /dɪspˈætʃər/  /dˈɪspˌætʃər/   Listen
Dispatcher

noun
1.
The official who signals the beginning of a race or competition.  Synonym: starter.
2.
Employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service.



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"Dispatcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... crew and Dispatcher and arrange to be towed in. With lubricator working, unless in very cold weather so there is danger of the water freezing in the cylinders or steam chest passages, would not disconnect. By taking out lubricator chokes and steam chest valves ...
— The Traveling Engineers' Association - To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads • Anonymous
... years, Elaine Kinslow of Indianapolis, Indiana was on and off welfare. Today she's a dispatcher with a van company. She's saved enough money to move her family into a good neighborhood. And she's helping other welfare recipients go ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various


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