单词 | exhibitor |
释义 | exhibitorn. 1. One who shows (something) as a curiosity; a showman, one who produces in public a show or spectacle. Cf. exhibiter n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > [noun] > show-people > showman exhibitera1616 exhibitor1654 showman1728 traveller1762 slang cove1789 exhibitioner1791 sideshowman1858 mud showman1927 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xi. 245 The exhibitors of that shew politiquely had plac'd Whiflers arm'd and link'd through the Hall. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 360 The Spectator, who a while was pleased More than the Exhibitor himself. View more context for this quotation a1845 T. Hood Ode to J. Ireland in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1906) 728 Oh, very reverend Dean and Chapter, Exhibitors of giant men. 1875 F. T. Buckland Log-bk. Fisherman 19 The exhibitor told us a wonderful story. 2. One who contributes an article for public exhibition. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibitor representer1635 exhibiter1836 exhibitioner1840 exhibitor1845 1845 Florist's Jrnl. 6 205 The only exhibitor in the class for 12 species. 1851 Expositor 11 Jan. 163/3 The hosts of exhibitors [at the Exhibition of 1851]. Derivatives eˈxhibitorship n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > exhibitor > condition of exhibitorship1862 1862 Sat. Rev. 14 72/1 Medal and Honourable Mention become little more than a certificate of exhibitorship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1654 |
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