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plural dispatchers
agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches. examples
In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles. examples
(computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled. examples
(gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers. quotations
First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]
1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle, page 565
He also knew, with another proficient glance, that the dice the youngster jiggled were likely a pair of dispatchers—so named because they effectively "dispatched" their intended targets: suckers.
2013, Lisa Plumley, The Honor-Bound Gambler, page 9