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orienter

orienter noun: a person or thing that orients.

Noun

orienter (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

Forms of orienter

pluralorienters

Origin of orienter

From orient + -er.

Questions about orienter

What does orienter mean?
Orienter means a person or thing that orients.
What part of speech is orienter?
Orienter is a noun.
What is the plural of orienter?
The plural of orienter is orienters.

Words near orienter in the dictionary

  1. orienteerer
  2. orienteerers
  3. orienteering
  4. orienteers
  5. orientees
  6. orienter
  7. orienters
  8. orientifold
  9. orientifolded
  10. orientifolding
  11. orientifolds

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