fixer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that fixes, sets, adjusts, or repairs.
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Informal.
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a person who arranges matters in advance, or acts as a liaison.
The film crew hired a fixer for the foreign location shoot.
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a person who neutralizes problems for another, as for an individual or organization whose reputation is threatened by past misdeeds or conflicts, often through bribery or influence.
The agent also worked as a fixer for several movie stars, keeping sex scandals and drug arrests out of the tabloids.
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Informal. fixer-upper.
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Photography. fixative.
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Slang. a person who sells narcotics to addicts.
noun
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a person or thing that fixes
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photog a solution containing one or more chemical compounds that is used, in fixing, to dissolve unexposed silver halides. It sometimes has an additive to stop the action of developer
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slang a person who makes arrangements, esp by underhand or illegal means
Etymology
Origin of fixer
Example Sentences
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Musk’s fixer and the head of his family office, Jared Birchall, is scheduled to testify on Thursday, as is OpenAI co-founder and President Brockman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He said that through a nightlife promoter, he was introduced to Pierre Louis, a fixer who specialized in getting rich people what they wanted.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Cipriani, a self-professed fixer, whistleblower and professional gambler who had been spreading innuendo about Shell on social media, according to court filings in a continuing legal dispute between the men.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Ting-Wei Sun was described in the filing as a "fixer" who worked with others to conceal the scheme.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
He was tired of being the fixer, making certain the assignment went off on schedule in order to maintain Archie’s big shot reputation.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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