Banqueteer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Banqueteer is a noun meaning One who attends a banquet.
Meaning
One who attends a banquet.
More Meanings
- To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).
Example Sentences
I had been banqueteering and making speeches two or three times in every week for six months […]
The banqueteers forsook their scented alcoves, and men of all stations withdrew from the outlying sectors […]
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:
After a trumpet had given the starting sign each banqueteer tried to empty his jug as fast as possible, which must have been quite a feat, since a jug contained about three liters of wine!
Word Forms
- banqueteers
- banqueteering
- banqueteered
Synonyms for banqueteer
Depending on context, synonyms include banqueter, banquetgoer, feaster.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include banquetgoer, banqueter, banquetter, buffeter, feaster, wedding-goer.
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