1. (n.) One appointed to assess taxes\.

2. (n.) 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.

3. (n.) One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.

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