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organizer

American  
[awr-guh-nahy-zer] / ˈɔr gəˌnaɪ zər /

noun

  • organizers
    plural
  1. a person who organizes, especially one who forms and organizes a group.

  2. a person whse job is to enlist employees into membership in a union.

  3. a person who organizes or schedules work.

    You would get this job done sooner if you were a better organizer.

  4. a multiple folder or, sometimes, a notebook in which correspondence, papers, etc., are sorted by subject, date, or otherwise, for systematic handling.

  5. Embryology. any part of an embryo that stimulates the development and differentiation of another part.


organizer British  
/ ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪzə /

noun

  1. a person who organizes or is capable of organizing

  2. a container with a number of compartments for storage

    hanging organizers to keep your clothes smart

  3. embryol any part of an embryo or any substance produced by it that induces specialization of undifferentiated cells

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of organizer

First recorded in 1840–50; organiz(e) ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )

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Except this wasn’t Santa Monica, or even Venice, where the event organizer, Coffee & Chill, started.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

“What we didn’t realize was that the public can watch, but there’s no talking allowed,” Michael Lavina, a protest organizer and volunteer with the local chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told me.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

A former community organizer, he used youthful slang and pop culture references with the same ease he played pick-up basketball games.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Alexandra Fine, a mother of three young children, spends about $85,000 a year on a team of seven that includes nannies, a home organizer, a handyman and a virtual assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

I wanted to see if the letter I’d discovered under the desk organizer from that Paula person had been opened.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

Alongside him, Cristian Lara, a 50-year-old merchant, thanked the festival organizers for "blessing" his house with a mural, and stated that there are "new winds of change" in El Salvador.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The last time the Summer Paralympics were in the United States, in 1996, the event was run by a separate committee from the Olympic organizers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Tickets to the 2027 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival were available on StubHub in July, though festival organizers hadn’t yet listed sale prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Those hopes will have to wait, as organizers announced the cancellation and postponement of the festival on Friday, including its main show Aug. 22-23 on Dockweiler Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Later, President Wilson pardoned her and several other union organizers.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

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