Definition of "despatcher" [despatcher]

• Alternative form of dispatcher. (noun)

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• "Generally, there are two sets of instruments on the table, one for use of what is known as the despatcher's wire, over which his sway is absolute, and the other for a wire that is used for messages, reports, and the like, and in case of emergency, by the despatcher."
• "As a despatcher though I have to laugh at the amount of times a bobby gets in front of the dog and ends up getting his bum bit …"
• "Frantic efforts to raise the ship's hyper-optophone failed utterly, and the chief despatcher made haste to report the calamity."