ORGANISER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organiser mean? 

• ORGANISER (noun)
  The noun ORGANISER has 3 senses:

1. someone who enlists workers to join a union

2. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

3. a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

  Familiarity information: ORGANISER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANISER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who enlists workers to join a union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

labor organizer; organiser; organizer

Hypernyms ("organiser" is a kind of...):

union representative (a representative for a labor union)

Instance hyponyms:

Debs; Eugene V. Debs; Eugene Victor Debs (United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who brings order and organization to an enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

arranger; organiser; organizer

Context example:

she was the organizer of the meeting

Hypernyms ("organiser" is a kind of...):

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organiser"):

co-ordinator; coordinator (someone whose task is to see that work goes harmoniously)

orderer; systematiser; systematist; systematizer; systemiser; systemizer (an organizer who puts things in order)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

organiser; organizer; PDA; personal digital assistant; personal organiser; personal organizer

Hypernyms ("organiser" is a kind of...):

electronic device (a device that accomplishes its purpose electronically)

 Context examples 

Used as personal organisers, to store names and addresses, play games, access the Internet,etc.

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