pageanteern.
/ˌpadʒ(ə)nˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌpædʒ(ə)nˈtɪ(ə)r/ A person taking part in a pageant; (formerly) spec. a player in a medieval mystery play.In quot. 1624 figurative.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor in specific type of play > in mystery or miracle plays
miracle playera1400
prophet1526
scaffold-player1559
pageanter1610
pageanteer1624
vexillator1801
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant > participant
pageant-master1409
pageanteer1910
1624 J. Gee New Shreds Old Snare 16 Me thinkes these lewd pagenteeres should be questioned..in some Ecclesiasticall Court for Prophanation of heaven and holy things.
1910 Daily Chron. 11 Apr. 1/7 The pageanteers must be enjoying themselves all the time.
1927 Daily Express 15 July 2/4 The pageanteers—3,000 of them—assembled on the green and sang ‘Land of Hope and Glory’.
1997 S. Anglo Spectacle, Pageantry, & Early Tudor Policy vii. 261 The pageanteer, court reveller, and scenic artist were succeeded as purveyors of royal propaganda by the political pamphleteer, preacher, and public executioner.
1999 Texas Monthly (Nexis) July 46 Today's pageanteers have not just looks and legs but ambition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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