All 8 Uses of
controller
in
The Da Vinci Code
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- Bourget Airfield's night shift air traffic controller had been dozing before a blank radar screen when the captain of the Judicial Police practically broke down his door.†
Chpt 73-74
- The controller's initial response was a babbling, lame attempt to protect the privacy of their British client—one of the airfield's most respected customers.†
Chpt 73-74
- Fache motioned to another officer, who approached with handcuffs, and the traffic controller felt a surge of terror.†
Chpt 73-74
- "Wait!" the controller heard himself whimper at the sight of the handcuffs.†
Chpt 73-74
- I don't know," the controller said honestly.†
Chpt 73-74
- The controller fumbled through his records.†
Chpt 73-74
- The controller was vague.†
Chpt 79-80 *
- At the French authorities' request, Kent police had ordered the Biggin Hill air traffic controller to radio the Hawker's pilot and order him directly to the terminal rather than to the client's hangar.†
Chpt 81-82
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, controller can refer to a person or thing that controls other people or things.