See also: Assessor

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (assistant judge; assessor of taxes). Cognate with French assesseur.

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Noun

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assessor (plural assessors)

  1. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
  2. (law) A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
  3. A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
    Synonym: tax assessor
  4. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
  5. (UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin assessōrem.

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Adjective

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assessor (feminine assessora, masculine plural assessors, feminine plural assessores)

  1. (law) who assesses

Noun

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assessor m (plural assessors, feminine assessora)

  1. (law) assessor

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Latin

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Etymology

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assessus, perfect passive participle of assideō (to sit near) +‎ -tor; literally, he who sits near.

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Noun

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assessor m (genitive assessōris); third declension

  1. aide, assistant judge
  2. (Late Latin) assessor of taxes

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative assessor assessōrēs
Genitive assessōris assessōrum
Dative assessōrī assessōribus
Accusative assessōrem assessōrēs
Ablative assessōre assessōribus
Vocative assessor assessōrēs

Descendants

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References

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  • assessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • assessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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  • Hyphenation: as‧se‧sor

Noun

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assessor m (plural assessores, feminine assessora, feminine plural assessoras)

  1. consultant, adviser
    Synonyms: consultor, conselheiro
  2. (by extension) an advising organ
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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin assessor, from ad (with) + sedere (to sit). Cognate of English assessor, French assesseur. Compare Swedish bisittare.

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assessor c

  1. an associate judge, a deputy judge (at a court of appeal)

Declension

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Declension of assessor 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative assessor assessorn assessorer assessorerna
Genitive assessors assessorns assessorers assessorernas
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