as·ses·sor /əˈsɛsɚ/
輔佐人,顧問,估稅員
As·sess·or, n.
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.
2. One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.
Whence to his Son,
The assessor of his throne, he thus began. --Milton.
With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment. --I. Taylor.
3. One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.
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assessor
n : an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing
it [syn: tax assessor]