Banqueteer
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who attends a banquet.
"The dinner and the soiree too were done, The supper too discuss’d, the dames admired, The banqueteers had dropp’d off one by one— The song was silent, and the dance expired:"
Verb
- 1 To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
"I had been banqueteering and making speeches two or three times in every week for six months […]"
Example
More examples"The dinner and the soiree too were done, The supper too discuss’d, the dames admired, The banqueteers had dropp’d off one by one— The song was silent, and the dance expired:"
Etymology
From banquet + -eer.
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