coordinator

or co-or·di·na·tor

[ koh-awr-dn-ey-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that coordinates.
2. Grammar. a coordinating conjunction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coordinator¹

First recorded in 1860–65; coordinate + -or ²

Example Sentences

I get that changing teams is bad, but he had a massive upgrade at offensive coordinator and not that much of a QB downgrade.

From FiveThirtyEight

Hiring a diversity coordinator for a one-off bias training workshop never cut it before and definitely won’t cut it now.

From Digiday

Omar Gonzalez, the Western regional coordinator for the American Postal Workers Union, told the Los Angeles Times six machines in San Diego were removed.

From Voice of San Diego

Credit Suisse was hired as a joint global coordinator for the Hong Kong deal, according to people familiar.

From Fortune

Le is now 25 and is the program coordinator at the Diverse Elders Coalition.

From Quartz

At a meeting Tuesday, Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Ebola David Nabarro zeroed in on this point.

From The Daily Beast

I am, as the leader of the minority, the defensive coordinator.

From The Daily Beast

On the staff of every football team, you have an offensive coordinator and a defensive coordinator.

From The Daily Beast

Sebastian Vidal, a field coordinator for MSF, told NPR he was “flabbergasted” at the lack of international response.

From The Daily Beast

But for his political pedigree, Klain would have no business being Ebola coordinator.

From The Daily Beast

There was short, beefy Sergeant McGinty, a representative from the police who was to serve as coordinator.

From Project Gutenberg

I am employed by the Acme Brick Co. in the capacity of sales coordinator.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, despite his better judgments, he was beginning to wonder if they might not be on the make for another coordinator.

From Project Gutenberg

The Mars Coordinator looked at the thing on the desk for a long moment before he reached out to touch it.

From Project Gutenberg

Particularly as a coordinator is Foch great—and potent for the future.

From Project Gutenberg

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