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单词 conferencier
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conferenciern.

/ˌkɒnfərənˈsɪə/
Forms: Also conférencier.
Etymology: French.
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).
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