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showster en · NOUN

Etymology

From show + -ster.

Meanings

1. (rare) One who puts on a show; a showman or performer.
   • A marker stands there now, and each year showsters reenact in historical (and gory) detail the ambush of the two fugitives by the posse of four Texas lawmen, the local sheriff, and his chief deputy. 2016, Keagan LeJeune, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws:
   • Like a lot of other ambitious advertisers long before business took to the air, the radio showsters overlook the fact that even if you can get and hold every tiny scrap of man's fleeting attention, […] 1936, Kenneth Mackarness Goode, Max Zenn Kaufman, Showmanship in Business, page 119:
   • We should insist on the designation of this brand of activity with distinctive names, such as "adboats," "paraders," "p-craft," "crafters," “showsters," etc. 1988, Yachting, volume 164, page 13:

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