CONTROLLERS

Noun

controllers

plural of controller

Source: Wiktionary


CONTROLLER

Con*trol"ler, n. Etym: [From control, v.t.: cf. F. contrĂ´leur.]

1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs. The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. Dryden.

2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. [More commonly written controller.]

3. (Naut.)

Definition: An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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