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ARRANGER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

Synonyms:

adapter; arranger; transcriber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("arranger" is a kind of...):

musician (artist who composes or conducts music as a profession)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arranger"):

orchestrator (an arranger who writes for orchestras)

Derivation:

arrange (adapt for performance in a different way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

Example:

she was the organizer of the meeting

Synonyms:

arranger; organiser; organizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("arranger" is a kind of...):

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arranger"):

co-ordinator; coordinator (someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously)

orderer; systematiser; systematist; systematizer; systemiser; systemizer (an organizer who puts things in order)

Derivation:

arrange (make arrangements for)

arrange (put into a proper or systematic order)

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