grandstander en · NOUN
Etymology
From grandstand (verb) + -er.
Meanings
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(derogatory) A person who grandstands; a show-off.
Trump has previously dismissed Republican dissenters as “grandstanders” and urged them to get onboard.
2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Donald Trump, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grandstanders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |