controller (n.)

  1. someone who maintains and audits business accounts

    [ Syn: accountant , comptroller ]

  2. a person who directs and restrains

    [ Syn: restrainer ]

  3. a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly; I turned the controls over to her

    [ Syn: control ]

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