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Assessor \As*sess"or\, n. [L., one who sits beside, the
assistant of a judge, fr. assid?re. See {Assession}. LL., one
who arranges of determines the taxes, fr. assid?re. 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.
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2. One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an
assistant and adviser; an associate in office.
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Whence to his Son,
The assessor of his throne, he thus began. --Milton.
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With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy,
as his assessors in judgment. --I. Taylor.
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3. One appointed to assess persons or property for the
purpose of taxation. --Bouvier.
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