Pageanteer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who produces a pageant.

    "This show is being put on by Edward Hungerford, the master pageanteer, with a cast of some 250 people."

  2. 2
    One who performs a role in a pageant.

    "We found that he had no real connexion with any church nor with the L.M.S., but had somehow managed to get enrolled as a pageanteer, with the intention, no doubt, of rifling any pockets that he found convenient."

  3. 3
    A contestant in a beauty contest.

    "For some women, this is their first pageant experience, while others are 'career' pageanteers, who started as young as four."

Example

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"This show is being put on by Edward Hungerford, the master pageanteer, with a cast of some 250 people."

Etymology

From pageant + -eer.

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