coordinator
noun
co·or·di·na·tor
kō-ˈȯr-də-ˌnā-tər 
1
: one who coordinates something
… government becomes the coordinator of the economy but not its boss.—
Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner
especially
: a person who organizes people or groups so that they work together efficiently
a project coordinator
She served as the coordinator of the rescue effort.
(American football) a defensive/offensive coordinator [=a coach who is responsible for overseeing a team's defensive/offensive players and strategies]
2
grammar
: coordinating conjunction
Examples of coordinator in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Department of Justice last year appointed a coordinator for Caribbean firearms prosecutions.
—Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Tape Room Music hired Noelle Peters as catalog manager and Luke Collins as creative coordinator.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Gee set a May 10 deadline for the juvenile coordinator to file an interim report about the number of minors held in open-air sites and how the agency was complying with the judge's order.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The coordinator was doing another scene in which he was thrown in the air as one of Carrie's classmates who gets killed.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Makanda festival coordinator Debbie Dunn is expecting just as many people this year, although Makanda won't have the longest amount of totality this time around.
—Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Shawnee Mission has hired a diversity coordinator and worked on recruiting a more diverse workforce.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
Morris had worked in higher education for the better part of two decades; his last post was coordinator of equity and diversity for Cal State Northridge.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Before that, Schmidt spent six years as defensive coordinator at North Dakota.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Tape Room Music hired Noelle Peters as catalog manager and Luke Collins as creative coordinator.
—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024
Gee set a May 10 deadline for the juvenile coordinator to file an interim report about the number of minors held in open-air sites and how the agency was complying with the judge's order.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
The coordinator was doing another scene in which he was thrown in the air as one of Carrie's classmates who gets killed.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
Makanda festival coordinator Debbie Dunn is expecting just as many people this year, although Makanda won't have the longest amount of totality this time around.
—Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Shawnee Mission has hired a diversity coordinator and worked on recruiting a more diverse workforce.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
Morris had worked in higher education for the better part of two decades; his last post was coordinator of equity and diversity for Cal State Northridge.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Before that, Schmidt spent six years as defensive coordinator at North Dakota.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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