assessor

[In Sw., Dan., Ger., & Port. a e or; Fr. a e eur; Sp. asesor; Ital. as se ore, from Lat. a e or = (1) one who sits by another, an a istant: (2) ( Law ) the a istant of a magistrate: ad = to or near, and sedeo to sit.] 1. One who sits near another- (a) As being next to him in dignity: "That his great purpose He might so fulfil, To honour his anointed Son, avenged Upon his enemies, and to declare All power on Him transferr'd; whence to his Son, The a e or of His throne, He thus began." Milton : P. L. , bk. vi. Or (b) to render him a istance. 337 In this latter sense it specially signified an a istant to a judge. (Dryden: Virgil ; Aneid vi. 583.) 2. One who a e es people or property for purposes of taxation. ( Glo og . Nova .)