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When you're trying to name things, English's great plethora of synonyms with all their subtle shades of meaning.  But on the other hand, if you want a particular subtle shade, you may have a limited set.

And if the synonyms have more than one meaning, things get uglier still.  Especially if the context is not clear at once. 

I needed a title, which had to mean someone who set things in order.  Organize them, not order them from a store.  Organizer sounded too modern.  And all sorts of other terms had other faults.  Dispenser.  Deployer.  Regulator.  There's only so much a thesaurus can do for you, even Roget's organized by

I finally settled on Arranger.  Perhaps it will grow on me.
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