orienter

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noun

A person or thing that orients.

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Meanings

nounorienter (plural orienters)

plural orienters

  1. A person or thing that orients.

    […] an agreement about their Significance in the sense that there is acceptance of the appropriateness of these signals and signs as orienters of interaction in a specific social situation and a commonality of response to them.

    2009, Jerry D. Moore, Visions of Culture: An Annotated Reader, page 377

Origin

From orient + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

reorient
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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