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conferencier|ˌkɒnfərənˈsɪə(r)|
Also conférencier.
[F.]
1. An organizer or leading member of a conference. A lecturer, public speaker.
1884Christian World (N.Y.) May 167 Aid was sent..to continue..the support of the conférenciers, Messrs. Réveilland and Hirsch. 1885Ch. Times XXIII. 367/4 The long-expected conferencier appeared..on the platform. 1928Weekly Dispatch 24 June 17 A brilliant French conférancier (sic) was wasting his time..in telling them about Verlaine, and Rimbaud, and Mallarmé.
2. A (leading) member of a conference.
192619th Cent. Mar. 378 The conférenciers aimed at nothing more. But the conferences aroused some alarm on either side. 1937J. R. Firth Tongues of Men xi. 138 The League [of Nations], if it cannot secure an international language, may soon have to issue a vocabulary for conferenciers. 1940Theology XLI. 152 Quoting the observation of one of the conferenciers. 1960Times 15 Dec. 11/2 The conferenciers [at the Labour Party conference] are in open revolt against the parliamentary leadership.
3. An entertainer or compère in a revue.
1927Observer 4 Dec. 19/5 The cabaret, with its ‘conférencier’ babbling in broken Dutch, or English, will find a strong competitor hopelessly weakened. 1963Listener 17 Oct. 601/1 Bonn and Mainz, where the cabarets were small, unassuming places..usually one actor or conférencier carried the main burden. |