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banqueter|ˈbæŋkwɪtə(r)|
[f. banquet v. + -er1; cf. F. banqueteur.]
†1. The giver of a banquet; a host, entertainer.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 189 a, The feaster or banquetter plaied..the niggarde. 1637Gillespie Eng.-Pop. Cerem. iii. v. 86 He is our loving and kinde Banqueter.
2. A guest at a banquet, a feaster; a reveller.
1549Latimer Serm. bef. Edw. VI, ii. (Arb.) 62 Blessed is the Lande where..Kynges be no banketers. 1617Janua Ling. 506 Inordinate banquetters cram themselves in cellars. 1624Heywood Gunaik. ii. 65 All such banquetters be either musicall or learned. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. xxvii, With earnest eyes the banqueters Fed on the sight impure.
¶ Used for: Broker, trafficker, banker2.
1534Whittinton Tullyes Offyces i. 18, I aske no golde..nor gyue me no banketters in warre, but men of armes. 1552Huloet, Banqueter, or he that kepeth a banck of mony. |