comptroller
Meaning
Noun
- The chief accountant of a company or government.
Related
Similar words
- administrator
- foreman
- chief
- head
- head man
- controller
- overseer
- organiser
- organizer
- superintendent
- supervisor
Origin
- From late Middle English compteroller, a spelling variant of countreroller (from which controller) due to folk etymology: the word was thought to have an etymological connection with Middle French compte (Middle French compteroleur is attested circa 1375). Originally the two spellings were equivalent and pronounced identically; the modern pronunciation with is based on the spelling.
Modern English dictionary
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