Meaning

Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches..

Definitions by Sense

1. Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
2. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
3. (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
4. (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.

Example Sentences

The organization of Decline to Sign involved trained teams sent out to where 608/610 supporters were gathering signatures, alerted by dispatchers operating a hotline to which anyone could call in—from a mall, the ferry terminals, holiday events, etc. when signature gatherers were sighted.

First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]

He also knew, with another proficient glance, that the dice the youngster jiggled were likely a pair of dispatchers—so named because they effectively "dispatched" their intended targets: suckers.

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