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ARRANGER
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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:
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)