getter-up

get·ter-up
UK/ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/US/ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/US[-ɾɚ-]

noun

One who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.

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Meanings

noungetter-up (plural getters-up)

plural getters-up

  1. colloquialOne who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.

    After considering him attentively, I recongised in him a diligent getter up of miscellaneous works, that bustled off well with the trade.

    1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Art of Book Making”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 160
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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