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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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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of organizer

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


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Carrero, already a poet, scholar, political organizer and nightlife host, would flaunt yet another title that weekend as wedding officiant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Debbie Almontaser, a longtime Muslim community organizer who helped elect Mamdani, wasn’t surprised by the confrontation.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The community organizer lives in Imperial County, where the nearly one-million-square-foot facility was proposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“We definitely tell performers that you should expect to go acoustic unless your host is comfortable with supplying electricity,” said Denise Sunta, its organizer and Historic Athens’ vice president of operations.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rocky Romano is the real social organizer of the group.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Meta apologized for suspending the primary Instagram account of No Kings protest organizers on a day of events around the country, saying it mistook activity by a Claude tool for bot traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

By advocating for voting early, the "No Kings" organizers hope to cut off the potential for any malfeasance once election day rolls around.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Union organizers made their pitch to drivers at airport ride-share parking lots in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities, often over free coffee, doughnuts or pizza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

But now, candidates across the country, like Lawrence, are trumpeting their experiences as renters and tenant organizers, fueling an emerging political movement focused on making renting more sustainable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Eventually, he asked the tournament organizers to rope off the area around his board, because the crowds would gather and gape, often for hours at a time, while he was playing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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