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con·trol·ler

noun \kən-ˈtrō-lər, ˈkän-ˌ\

Definition of CONTROLLER

1
a : comptroller 1
b : comptroller 2
c : the chief accounting officer of a business enterprise or an institution (as a college)
2
a : one that controls or has power or authority to control <air traffic controller>
b : control 3b
— con·trol·ler·ship \-ˌship\ noun
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Examples of CONTROLLER

  1. <the controllers for the video game system seem fairly well designed>

Origin of CONTROLLER

Middle English countreroller, from Anglo-French contreroulur, from contreroule
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CONTROLLER

Synonyms
control, regulator

Rhymes with CONTROLLER

bankroller, cajoler, comptroller, extoller, high roller, leaf roller, logroller, patroller, premolar, road roller, steamroller, stone roller

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