Assessor


a person who makes assessments, especially for purposes of taxation.
an adviser or assistant to a judge, especially one serving as a specialist in some field.
Archaic.

a person who shares another’s position, rank, or dignity.
a person sitting beside another in an advisory capacity; an advisory associate.

Contemporary Examples

“There is a conceptual leap that the first assessor used,” Feldman said.
One Breakdown Can Mean Losing Your Kid Forever ProPublica May 29, 2014

Historical Examples

The assessor puts the question—What is the bitterest affliction?
The Home Fredrika Bremer

The assessor in 1860 reported only two quartz-mills in the county.
Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining John S. Hittell

A long while ago he was assessor and Treasurer of the County for several successive terms.
Lincoln’s Yarns and Stories Alexander K. McClure

Mrs. Gunilla and the assessor quarrelled till the last moment.
The Home Fredrika Bremer

Joey is to have the assessor’s room on the ground floor of our neighbor’s house, and will come up here for lessons and meals.
Frulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther Elizabeth von Arnim

In the midst of these little occurrences the assessor came in.
The Home Fredrika Bremer

I am not sure that the assessor is not right, and that one cannot, in matters of the spirit, be too exclusive.
Frulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther Elizabeth von Arnim

The assessor shook out the “family-roof” in the hall in indignation.
The Home Fredrika Bremer

Before personal property the assessor would still stand powerless.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, August 1899 Various

noun
a person who evaluates the merits, importance, etc, of something, esp (in Britain) work prepared as part of a course of study
a person who values property for taxation
a person who estimates the value of damage to property for insurance purposes
a person with technical expertise called in to advise a court on specialist matters
a person who shares another’s position or rank, esp in an advisory capacity
n.

late 14c., from Old French assessor “assistant judge, assessor (in court)” (12c., Modern French assesseur) and directly from Latin assessor “an assistant, aid; an assistant judge,” in Late Latin “one who assesses taxes,” literally “a sitter-by,” agent noun from past participle stem of assidere (see assess).

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