performer
pronunciation
How to pronounce performer in British English:
UK [pəˈfɔːmə(r)]
How to pronounce performer in American English:
US [pərˈfɔːrmər]
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- Noun:
- an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
Word Origin
- performer (n.)
- 1580s, agent noun from perform (v.). Theatrical sense is from 1711.
Example
- 1. Think of stress as the high-level performer 's powerbar .
- 2. She says that freddie was a performer from a very early age .
- 3. He always enjoyed comedy , but never considered himself a performer , he said .
- 4. Only a performer with a keen sense of timing could come up with events such as these .
- 5. The answer is band loyalty-the fanatical devotion and propensity to spend that rock-and-roll followers have to a specific performer or band .