- accountant, comptroller, controller - someone who maintains and audits business accounts
--1 is a kind of businessperson, bourgeois
--1 has particulars:auditor; bean counter; bookkeeper; certified public accountant, CPA; chartered accountant; cost accountant Derived form: verb control6 - restrainer, controller - a person who directs and restrains
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--2 has particulars:subduer, surmounter, overcomer; suppressor, suppresser; withholder Derived forms: verb control1, verb control4 - control, controller - a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed control on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her"
--3 is a kind of mechanism
--3 has particulars:cruise control; dial; disk controller; governor, regulator; handwheel; joystick; regulator; switch, electric switch, electrical switch; valve