arranger

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noun

One who arranges.

Less commonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounarranger (plural arrangers)

plural arrangers

  1. One who arranges.
  2. Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

Broader

nouna musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Old Frencha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)rek-
  7. Proto-Celtic*reketi
  8. Gaulish*rekosbor.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*rinkaną
  11. Proto-Germanic*rankaz
  12. Frankish*rankbor.?
  13. Vulgar Latin*rencus
  14. Old Frenchreng
  15. Old Frenchrengier
  16. Old Frencharangier
  17. Middle Englisharengen
  18. Englisharrange
  19. Englisharranger

From arrange + -er.

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Translations

Finnish järjestäjä, sovittaja
  • järjestäjäone who arranges
  • sovittajaone who arranges
Hindi प्रबंधक, आयोजक
  • प्रबंधक (prabandhak)one who arranges
  • आयोजक (āyojak)one who arranges
Polish aranżer, aranżerka
  • aranżerone who arranges
  • aranżerkaone who arranges
Portuguese arrumador
  • arrumadorone who arranges
Spanish arreglista
  • arreglistaone who arranges
Swedish arrangör
  • arrangörone who arranges
Cite this entry
APA

arranger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranger

MLA

“arranger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arranger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arranger.

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