Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banqueteer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ban-que-teer
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who attends a banquet.

verb

To attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).

Example Sentences

"The dinner and the soiree too were done, The supper too discuss’d, the dames admired, The banqueteers had dropp’d off one by one— The song was silent, and the dance expired:"
"The banqueteers forsook their scented alcoves, and men of all stations withdrew from the outlying sectors […]"
"After a trumpet had given the starting sign each banqueteer tried to empty his jug as fast as possible, which must have been quite a feat, since a jug contained about three liters of wine!"
"I had been banqueteering and making speeches two or three times in every week for six months […]"

Etymology

From banquet + -eer.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: banquet

Inflected Forms

banqueteers (plural) banqueteers (present, singular) banqueteering (participle, present) banqueteered (participle, past) banqueteered (past)

Derived Forms

banqueteering

Synonyms

banqueter banquetgoer feaster

Questions

What does banqueteer mean?: One who attends a banquet.
Where does banqueteer come from?: From banquet + -eer.

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