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assigner
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n. One who, or that which, assigns.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assigner \As*sign"er\ ([a^]s*s[imac]n"[~e]r), n. One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
Usage examples of assigner.
But everyone knew that the head of The Vigils was The Assigner, Archie Costello, who was always one step ahead of them all.
It was an ingenious idea thought up by someone long before Archie's time, someone who was wise enough--- or a bastard enough--- to realize that an assigner could go off the deep end if there wasn't some kind of control.
Usually he found some willing kid who'd gladly sell Archie's quota along with his own, figuring it was something special to be singled out by the assigner of The Vigils.
It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings.
Archie's luck had held up throughout his career as the assigner--- he had never drawn the black one.