Synonyms for arranger


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-reynj
Phonetic Transcription : əˈreɪndʒ


Définition of arranger

Origin :
  • late 14c., "draw up a line of battle," from Old French arengier (12c.), from a- "to" (see ad-) + rangier "set in a row" (Modern French ranger), from rang "rank," from Frankish *hring (see rank (n.)).
  • A rare word until the meaning generalized to "to place things in order" c.1780-1800. Musical sense of "adapt for other instruments or voices" is from 1808. Related: Arranged; arranging. Arranged marriage attested from 1854.
  • As in organizer : noun planner
  • As in advance man : noun advance agent
Example sentences :
  • Then there was the collector of plants and classifier of his finds, and an arranger of all he could get by exchange or otherwise.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899 » by Various
  • Then raise the upper part of the towel, and lay it even, so that the Sewer (arranger of dishes) may make a state.
  • Extract from : « Early English Meals and Manners » by Various
  • In most cases they conceive of some anthropomorphic being as the creator or arranger of the world.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy
  • Such names as these have reference to Odins divinity as creator, arranger and ruler of gods and men.
  • Extract from : « The Younger Edda » by Snorre
  • Now, if it was prearranged, the awful fact emerges that there must have been an arranger; in other words, a creative power.
  • Extract from : « Science and Morals and Other Essays » by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
  • Under impulsion of the Arranger of Inanities the pomaded princes next began their inspection of the buildings.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
  • But the spirit of Dante had penetrated beyond the palpable substances of the explorer of facts, and the arranger of dates.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • Perhaps I shall become quite famous as an arranger of flowers on great London dinner-tables.
  • Extract from : « The Palace Beautiful » by L. T. Meade
  • As for Colonel de Neveu, he was everywhere, as the arranger of the festival.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, ambassador, author and conjurer » by Jean Henri Robert-Houdin
  • Intelligence is only the arranger of materials already given in a chaotic condition.
  • Extract from : « Lux Mundi » by Various

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