Dictionary

partier en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English party Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English partier From party + -er.

Meanings

1. One who parties; a person who attends a party or other lively gathering.
2. One who takes part in "party and play" activity, combining sex and recreational drugs.
   • Gay circuit partiers, rave kids, and people in rural areas didn't identify themselves with the crack-using population. 2009, Steven J. Lee, Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction:
   • Almost one third of lesbians and gay men are addicted to drugs. […] I don't ascribe bad intent, but as I walk through the last stumbling, mumbling partiers at the end of gay prides, I think […] 2007, The Advocate, numbers 985-991, page 51:

Forms

Relateds

third partier

Synonyms

partygoer · celebrant

Translations (14)

cy partïwr (one who parties) · mr पार्टी करणारा (one who parties) · la cōmīssātor (one who parties) · it festaiola (one who parties) · de Partygänger (one who parties) · ca fester (one who parties) · it festaiolo (one who parties) · fr fêtard (one who parties) · fr fêtarde (one who parties) · ca festera (one who parties) · ca festaire (one who parties) · mr पार्टी करणारी (one who parties) · cy partïwraig (one who parties) · cs účastník večírku (one who parties)