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organ

or·gan

UK/ˈɔːɡən/ US/ˈoɹɡən/ fairly common slang

noun

1.
2.

a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function

  • “The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department”
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4.

a periodical that is published by a special interest group

  • “the organ of the communist party”
5.

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

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6.

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

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Origin

From Middle English organe, from Old French organe and Old English organ, both from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-.

Phrases

  • adenoid organ
  • baroque organ
  • Bidder's organ
  • Bojanus organ
  • cat organ
  • chair organ
  • chamber organ
  • chancel organ

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