controller
One who controls something.
Noun 4 meanings
One who controls something.
Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
Etymology
From Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-Norman contreroulour and Middle French contreroleur (French contrôleur), from Medieval Latin contrārotulātor, from *contrārotulāre (from which control). Doublet of comptroller. By surface analysis, control + -er.
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CONTROLLER at a glance
CONTROLLER has 10 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + T 1 + R 1 + O 1 + L 1 + L 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,679 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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