controller

controller
controller (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. contrerolleour (late 13c.), O.Fr. contrerelleor (Mod.Fr. contrôleur), from M.L. contrarotulator, agent noun from *contra-rotulare (see CONTROL (Cf. control)). Mechanical sense is from 1867.

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