单词 | conferencier |
释义 | conferenciern. 1. An organizer or leading member of a conference. A lecturer, public speaker. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a discourse or lecture > one who discourses or lectures discourser1564 descanter1610 conferencier1884 chalk-talker1888 1884 Christian World (N.Y.) May 167 Aid was sent..to continue..the support of the conférenciers, Messrs. Réveilland and Hirsch. 1885 Church Times XXIII. 367/4 The long-expected conferencier appeared..on the platform. 1928 Weekly Disp. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > one who participates in parlant1586 collator1628 tryster1655 conferee1846 symposiast1878 Round Tabler1887 Congressist1888 conferencier1926 Sherpa1959 1926 19th Cent. Mar. 378 The conférenciers aimed at nothing more. But the conferences aroused some alarm on either side. 1937 J. 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. 1940 Theology XLI. 152 Quoting the observation of one of the conferenciers. 1960 Times 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. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > compère chairman1836 commère1904 compère1914 conferencier1927 emcee1933 1927 Observer 4 Dec. 19/5 The cabaret, with its ‘conférencier’ babbling in broken Dutch, or English, will find a strong competitor hopelessly weakened. 1963 Listener 17 Oct. 601/1 Bonn and Mainz, where the cabarets were small, unassuming places..usually one actor or conférencier carried the main burden. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1884 |
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