orchestrator

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noun

One who orchestrates.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounorchestrator (plural orchestrators)

plural orchestrators

  1. figurativelyentertainmentOne who orchestrates.

    He was, however, the orchestrator of this England performance as he showed maturity and an impressive range of passing to set off a succession of attacks, especially in the first 45 minutes.

    2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport
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    Apart from acting, Wongkrachang was also an active participant in Thailand's politics, known for his pro-royalist sentiments. Many netizens pointed out that he was allegedly one of the chief orchestrators of the 2014 coup, which removed the Thai democratic government and put the nation under military dictatorship.

    2021 December 1, Tuba Waqar, “Thai and Korean netizens oppose debut of H1-Key's Sitala over father's alleged support of dictatorship”, in sportskeeda.com, sportskeeda, retrieved 03 Dec 2021
  2. computingA system that performs orchestration (automated configuration, deployment, etc.).
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    The dynamic nature of orchestrators, such as Red Hat's OpenShift or DockerSwarm, means that their configuration is inherently complex, and they can be difficult to secure correctly. The most popular container orchestrator, Kubernetes, is what this book focuses on and for good reason due to its provenance.

    2021, Chris Binnie, Rory McCune, Cloud Native Security, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

Origin

Translations

Spanish orquestador
  • orquestadorone who orchestrates
Cite this entry
APA

orchestrator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchestrator

MLA

“orchestrator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchestrator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orchestrator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orchestrator.

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