Showman
['ʃəʊmən] or ['ʃomən]
Definition
(noun.) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments.
(noun.) a person skilled at making effective presentations.
Checked by Emma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
Checked by Erwin
Examples
- Profiting then by the surprise of his spectators the showman began to offer them his magic portfolio at the price of five sous for the small size and ten for the large. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Thus, when the woman has disappeared the showman allows a young man to enter, and he also disappears, while the young woman is found in his place. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Moreover the showman is ready, for money, to explain how it is done. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The showman turns this cabinet around and shows that there is nothing abnormal about it externally. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They are found in all European countries to-day; they are tinkers, pedlars, horse-dealers, showmen, fortune-tellers, and beggars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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