English > performer: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. |
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| Synonym | performing artist |
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| Narrower | Savoyard | A person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan |
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| actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player | A theatrical performer |
| artiste | A public performer (a dancer or singer) |
| baton twirler, twirler | someone who twirls a baton |
| comedian, comic | A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts |
| cowboy, rodeo rider | A performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging |
| dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean | A performer who dances professionally |
| executant | A performer (usually of musical works) |
| fire-eater, fire-swallower | A performer who pretends to swallow fire |
| fire walker | someone who walks barefoot on burning coals |
| geek | A carnival performer who does disgusting acts |
| headliner, star | A performer who receives prominent billing |
| juggler | A performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity |
| magician, prestidigitator, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience |
| minstrel | A performer in a minstrel show |
| monologist | An entertainer who performs alone |
| musician, instrumentalist, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
| puppeteer | One who operates puppets or marionettes |
| sightreader | A performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) |
| snake charmer | A performer who uses movements and music to control snakes |
| straight man, second banana | A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian |
| stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast, peeler | A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music |
| strongman | A man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus |
| vaudevillian | A performer who works in vaudeville |
| ventriloquist | A performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy |
| Broader | entertainer | A person who tries to please or amuse |
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| Spanish | artista, ejecutante, intérprete |
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| Catalan | intèrpret |
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| Verbs | perform | give a performance (of something) |
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