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say it: FIK-sur
fixer is a noun meaning "someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)". It carries 4 recorded senses.
someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)
a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fixer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.