conventioneer
noun
con·ven·tion·eer kən-ˌven(t)-shə-ˈnir 
: a person attending a convention
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When will tourists and conventioneers feel comfortable returning in big numbers to fill our hotels and restaurants? 
Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 30 May 2020 Agnew spent barely an hour in Portland -- just enough time to helicopter from the Portland Air Base to Memorial Coliseum, give a short speech to 5,000 conventioneers and head right back to the vice-presidential plane. oregonlive, 4 May 2020 It is expected to be completed by the end of the year and is designed to offer conventioneers an approximately one-minute trip in self-driving electric vehicles between three exhibit hall and parking stations. USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2020 Before the coronavirus pandemic, Sanchez would make more than $1,000 in a good week, picking up conventioneers, tourists and workers going to their offices. Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, 25 Mar. 2020 With most businesses closed, Smith Cove cruise terminal is cleared of ships while the convention center fountain bubbles to the delight of zero conventioneers. Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2020 For years, however, the mural was mostly hidden in the shadow of the nearby Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, easily seen only by river barge passengers and curious conventioneers. Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 The Back Bay business community depends on conventioneers to help fill hotels, restaurants, and shops. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2020 From funky boutique hotels in Fulton Market to the gleaming 1,200-room Marriott Marquis welcoming conventioneers at McCormick Place, Chicago is suddenly brimming with new and diverse places to get a room for millions of annual visitors. Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019 See More
Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 30 May 2020 Agnew spent barely an hour in Portland -- just enough time to helicopter from the Portland Air Base to Memorial Coliseum, give a short speech to 5,000 conventioneers and head right back to the vice-presidential plane. oregonlive, 4 May 2020 It is expected to be completed by the end of the year and is designed to offer conventioneers an approximately one-minute trip in self-driving electric vehicles between three exhibit hall and parking stations. USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2020 Before the coronavirus pandemic, Sanchez would make more than $1,000 in a good week, picking up conventioneers, tourists and workers going to their offices. Randy Diamond, ExpressNews.com, 25 Mar. 2020 With most businesses closed, Smith Cove cruise terminal is cleared of ships while the convention center fountain bubbles to the delight of zero conventioneers. Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2020 For years, however, the mural was mostly hidden in the shadow of the nearby Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, easily seen only by river barge passengers and curious conventioneers. Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 The Back Bay business community depends on conventioneers to help fill hotels, restaurants, and shops. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2020 From funky boutique hotels in Fulton Market to the gleaming 1,200-room Marriott Marquis welcoming conventioneers at McCormick Place, Chicago is suddenly brimming with new and diverse places to get a room for millions of annual visitors. Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
- make much of
- make music
- make nice
- make no allowance for
- make no apologies for
- make no attempt
- make no bones
- make no bones about
- make no bones about it
- make no difference
- make no mention of
- make no mistake
- make no odds
- make no response
- make no secret of
- make no sense
- make nonsense of
- make of
- make off
- make off with
- make one's acquaintance
- make one's bed and lie in it
- make one's entrance
- make one's escape
- make one's flesh creep