Home › Words › A › assizerassizerassizer means an officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.EtymologyFrom assize + -er.nounAn officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.questman 64% match — One who is legally empowered to look into certain matters, especially abuses of weights and measures. vs assizer →weigher 61% match — One who or something that weighs. vs assizer →assize 61% match — A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. vs assizer →assayer 60% match — One who assays, or performs chemical tests on metals. vs assizer →alnager 59% match — A sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect woollen cloth and fix a seal upon it. vs assizer →weighmaster 59% match — Somebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher. vs assizer →sise 59% match — six vs assizer →sizer 59% match — An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size. vs assizer →