- Organizer of major event - One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes;
an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy. - Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the
preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a
joint-stock company, or the like. - One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition. - An informer; a makebate.