Definition of "fixer" []

• One that fixes: a fixer of radios. (noun)
• Informal A person who uses influence or makes arrangements for another, especially by improper or unlawful means. (noun)
• A chemical preservative used to fix a photographic image. (noun)

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• "In Iraq and Afghanistan and a growing number of other places, the foreign correspondent would be a target with or without the fixer, but the fixer is a target because he or she is with the foreign correspondent."
• "No. The "fixer" is an employee of Khamal's, and Khamal is, I believe, an agent of the Iranian government."
• "Memo, the watch fixer, is close to the front of the line of venders."