"adapter" in the noun sense
1. arranger, adapter, transcriber
a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
2. adapter, adaptor
device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
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