banquetern.
/ˈbaŋkwɪtə/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food > entertainer or giver of feast
feast-maker?a1422
feastera1450
banqueter1542
banquetant?1615
treater1692
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 189 The feaster or banquetter plaied..the niggarde.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. v. 86 He is our loving and kinde Banqueter.
2. A guest at a banquet, a feaster; a reveller.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > feasting > [noun] > feaster
feastera1500
banqueter1549
convival1615
convive1651
convivatora1656
junketer1721
banqueteer1821
junketeer1825
feastress1837
tuck-hunter1840
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Ciiv Blessed is the Lande, where..Kynges be no banketers.
1617 Janua Linguarum 506 Inordinate banquetters cram themselves in cellars.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 65 All such banquetters be either musicall or learned.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vi. 43 With earnest eyes the banqueters Fed on the sight impure.
3. Used for: Broker, trafficker, banker n.2
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > [noun] > money-dealer
Lombard1377
collybistc1380
banqueter1534
money-monger1571
scrivener1572
money man1585
money merchant1595
money broker1616
cashier1643
money-gentleman1665
money-jobber1692
moneyer1706
money-dealer1785
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.3 I aske no golde..nor gyue me no banketters in warre, but men of armes.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Banqueter, or he that kepeth a banck of mony.
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