ASSESSOR

Etymology

Noun

assessor (plural assessors)

One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.

(law) A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.

A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.

Synonym: tax assessor

One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.

(UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.

Source: Wiktionary

As*sess"or, n. Etym: [L., one who sits beside, the assistant of a judge, fr. assid. See Assession. LL., one who arranges of determines the taxes, fr. assid. See Assess, v., and cf. Cessor.]

1. One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors. Mozley & W.

2. One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office. Whence to his Son, The assessor of his throne, he thus began. Milton. With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment. I. Taylor.

3. One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation. Bouvier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition