entertainern.

Brit.

/ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/, U.S.

/ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnər/

Forms:

α. See entertain v. and -er suffix¹.

β. 1500s interteinour.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < entertain v. + -er suffix¹.Compare Middle French, French entreteneur person or thing which maintains or encourages a specified state or condition (15th cent.; apparently obsolete after the 16th cent.), person who occupies (a throne) (late 15th cent.), person who likes to talk to other people (1550 in entreteneur de dames , in the passage translated in quot. 1593 at sense 2a; in later use also with overtones of flirting; French entreteneur now chiefly in the sense ‘man who keeps a mistress’ (1800)). Compare also Middle French entreteneresse talkative woman (late 15th cent.). With the β. forms compare -our suffix.

a. A person who receives a guest or guests, esp. for a meal or social gathering; a person who shows hospitality; a host.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > host

harbingerc1175

hostelerc1300

host1303

entertainer1525

landlord1725

Amphitryon1807

feast-giver1820

hospitator1851

guester1890

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cxliiii^v I knewe four lordes the best entertayners of all other that euer I knewe.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 116 Democritus Sicyonius is..my friendly interteiner [L. hospes].

1618 J. Sprint Cassander Anglicanus 193 Certaine Ceremonies, which those your Hostes, and entertainers would haue you to vse.

1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara 34 She told her entertainers that she was extremely troubled.

1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 21 in Lives He was a great lover of his neighbours, and a bountiful entertainer of them.

1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. viii. 36/1 We took leave of our kind entertainers.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xx. 2220 Their entertainer was very corpulent.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned (ed. 3) iii. 29 Having thanked his entertainers for their hospitality.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 161 A..graceful diner-out, And entertainer more than hospitable.

1915 Hotel Monthly Dec. 58/1 He has entrusted himself to the care of his entertainer.

1986 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 46/1 An entertainer can whip up a party meal without having a finger in every pie.

2014 K. Ellis Do I look Skinny in this House? x. 36 Shelli was well known in her community as a great chef and entertainer.

b. A person who gives consideration or approval to (an idea, request, etc.); a person who holds or harbours (an opinion, belief, etc.) or who nurtures or experiences (a feeling). Usually with of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > entertaining fondly > one who

entertainer1591

1591 O. Pigg Serm. vpon 101. Psalme 72 A slanderer, and an entertainer of slanders, bee both a like before God.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 18 When euery greefe is entertaind, That's offer'd comes to th'entertainer .

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 258 Good purposes when they are not held,..turne enemies to the entertainer of them.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvii. 464 That which offends Subjects, and makes them entertainers of fears and cross humours.

1725 T. Woolston Moderator 29 Entertainers of wrong Notions concerning our Jesus.

1836 Monument (Baltimore) 19 Nov. 56/3 The more secluded the entertainer of such a notion could be kept from the public eye.

1865 Christian Observer Nov. 853 We should not..persecute..an entertainer of any religious or irreligious opinions whatever.

1941 Jrnl. Philos. 38 467 The entertainer of the idea is himself the only judge of what action would fulfill the idea's program.

2006 Principal's Rep. July 3/1 A payer of invoices, decision maker, and entertainer of new ideas.

†c. With of. A person who or thing which receives or accepts something, esp. something abstract; a person or thing conceived of as a receptacle or container for something. Cf. entertain v. 8. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. C^v Rheumes, poses, Sciaticaes, dropsies, and gouts, are diseases of their flegmaticke engendring. Sea-faring men..are chiefe entertainers of those spirits.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 89 We become the receptacles and entertainers of his [sc. God's] good Spirit.

1662 F. Philipps Restauranda iv. 100 The earth their common feeder and nourisher in their lifetimes, and the receiver and entertainer of them at their deaths.

a. A person who amuses or diverts others; (in later use) spec. a person whose job is to entertain others, esp. by performing to an audience.children's entertainer, street entertainer: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one who furnishes amusement

entertainer1593

1593 T. Kelway tr. A. Ferrier Learned Astron. Disc. Natiuities ii. i. f. 31 Pleasers, dauncers, entertayners of women [Fr. entreteneurs de dames], players.

1762 R. Bremner Rudim. Music (ed. 2) 40 I have dwelt the longer on this Article, first, because of..the Delight it gives both to the Entertainer and Entertained.

1777 Westm. Mag. June 305/2 A solo-player being the principal entertainer during his performance.

1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 4 Aug. 230/1 Foote commenced, in the Haymarket Theatre, his career as the sole entertainer of an audience.

1870 H. Smart Race for Wife i. 2 Conjurors, lecturers, monologue entertainers.

1929 New Worker 26 Oct. 21/1 This confusion in the matter of night-club entertainers has cost us a lot of weight.

1970 Jet 21 May 60 Her reported romance with the entertainer and with other show biz personalities.

2008 Independent on Sunday 9 Nov. (New Review) 41/1 They weren't just great dancers; they were great musicians, they were dance composers, they were great entertainers, period.

b. Something which engages or occupies the attention; (in later use) spec. something which provides amusement or entertainment.In the 18th and early 19th centuries often in the titles of periodicals.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment > one who or that which supplies entertainment

recreationa1616

entertainer1712

1673 tr. M.-C.-H. de Villedieu Amours 245 These sad thoughts were his entertainers.

1712 (title) The Poetical Entertainer: or, tales, satyrs, dialogues, and intrigues, &c.

1793 (title) Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle, or new weekly entertainer.

1856 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 320/2 As an entertainer it [sc. the wind] is unrivalled. How sublimely it brings up the thunder shower; how beautifully it floats along the sky the billowy cloud.

1913 Toys & Novelties Sept. 58/1 (advt.) The ‘Little Mother’ tender combines seven functions, namely that of a baby jumper, a swing, an exerciser, a reclining chair, an entertainer, a diner and a walker.

2011 P. Chopra in Eastern Eye 16 Dec. 27/3 We've worked really hard on this film and I know that it's a great entertainer.

†3. With of. A person who or thing which maintains or encourages a specified state or condition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > one who or that which

furtherer1390

fartherer1494

forwarder1549

furtherancer1599

entertainer1602

proficient1607

cockerer1674

advancer1833

1602 W. Watson tr. E. Pasquier Iesuites Catech. iii. xi. f. 163^v The Sixteene of Paris, (dregs of the vulgar, and entertainers of sedition [Fr. qui entretenoit la sedition]).

1606 Bp. W. Barlow One of Foure Serm. Hampton Court sig. B4 Equalitie in government is the entertainer of confusion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	entertainer
释义	entertainern. Brit. /ˌɛntəˈteɪnə/, U.S. /ˌɛn(t)ərˈteɪnər/ Forms: α. See entertain v. and -er suffix¹. β. 1500s interteinour. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: entertain v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < entertain v. + -er suffix¹.Compare Middle French, French entreteneur person or thing which maintains or encourages a specified state or condition (15th cent.; apparently obsolete after the 16th cent.), person who occupies (a throne) (late 15th cent.), person who likes to talk to other people (1550 in entreteneur de dames , in the passage translated in quot. 1593 at sense 2a; in later use also with overtones of flirting; French entreteneur now chiefly in the sense ‘man who keeps a mistress’ (1800)). Compare also Middle French entreteneresse talkative woman (late 15th cent.). With the β. forms compare -our suffix. 1. a. A person who receives a guest or guests, esp. for a meal or social gathering; a person who shows hospitality; a host. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > hospitable person > [noun] > host harbingerc1175 hostelerc1300 host1303 entertainer1525 landlord1725 Amphitryon1807 feast-giver1820 hospitator1851 guester1890 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. cxliiii^v I knewe four lordes the best entertayners of all other that euer I knewe. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 116 Democritus Sicyonius is..my friendly interteiner [L. hospes]. 1618 J. Sprint Cassander Anglicanus 193 Certaine Ceremonies, which those your Hostes, and entertainers would haue you to vse. 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara 34 She told her entertainers that she was extremely troubled. 1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 21 in Lives He was a great lover of his neighbours, and a bountiful entertainer of them. 1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. viii. 36/1 We took leave of our kind entertainers. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xx. 2220 Their entertainer was very corpulent. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned (ed. 3) iii. 29 Having thanked his entertainers for their hospitality. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 161 A..graceful diner-out, And entertainer more than hospitable. 1915 Hotel Monthly Dec. 58/1 He has entrusted himself to the care of his entertainer. 1986 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 46/1 An entertainer can whip up a party meal without having a finger in every pie. 2014 K. Ellis Do I look Skinny in this House? x. 36 Shelli was well known in her community as a great chef and entertainer. b. A person who gives consideration or approval to (an idea, request, etc.); a person who holds or harbours (an opinion, belief, etc.) or who nurtures or experiences (a feeling). Usually with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > [noun] > entertaining fondly > one who entertainer1591 1591 O. Pigg Serm. vpon 101. Psalme 72 A slanderer, and an entertainer of slanders, bee both a like before God. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 18 When euery greefe is entertaind, That's offer'd comes to th'entertainer . View more context for this quotation 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 258 Good purposes when they are not held,..turne enemies to the entertainer of them. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxvii. 464 That which offends Subjects, and makes them entertainers of fears and cross humours. 1725 T. Woolston Moderator 29 Entertainers of wrong Notions concerning our Jesus. 1836 Monument (Baltimore) 19 Nov. 56/3 The more secluded the entertainer of such a notion could be kept from the public eye. 1865 Christian Observer Nov. 853 We should not..persecute..an entertainer of any religious or irreligious opinions whatever. 1941 Jrnl. Philos. 38 467 The entertainer of the idea is himself the only judge of what action would fulfill the idea's program. 2006 Principal's Rep. July 3/1 A payer of invoices, decision maker, and entertainer of new ideas. †c. With of. A person who or thing which receives or accepts something, esp. something abstract; a person or thing conceived of as a receptacle or container for something. Cf. entertain v. 8. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. C^v Rheumes, poses, Sciaticaes, dropsies, and gouts, are diseases of their flegmaticke engendring. Sea-faring men..are chiefe entertainers of those spirits. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 89 We become the receptacles and entertainers of his [sc. God's] good Spirit. 1662 F. Philipps Restauranda iv. 100 The earth their common feeder and nourisher in their lifetimes, and the receiver and entertainer of them at their deaths. 2. a. A person who amuses or diverts others; (in later use) spec. a person whose job is to entertain others, esp. by performing to an audience.children's entertainer, street entertainer: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > one who furnishes amusement entertainer1593 1593 T. Kelway tr. A. Ferrier Learned Astron. Disc. Natiuities ii. i. f. 31 Pleasers, dauncers, entertayners of women [Fr. entreteneurs de dames], players. 1762 R. Bremner Rudim. Music (ed. 2) 40 I have dwelt the longer on this Article, first, because of..the Delight it gives both to the Entertainer and Entertained. 1777 Westm. Mag. June 305/2 A solo-player being the principal entertainer during his performance. 1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 4 Aug. 230/1 Foote commenced, in the Haymarket Theatre, his career as the sole entertainer of an audience. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife i. 2 Conjurors, lecturers, monologue entertainers. 1929 New Worker 26 Oct. 21/1 This confusion in the matter of night-club entertainers has cost us a lot of weight. 1970 Jet 21 May 60 Her reported romance with the entertainer and with other show biz personalities. 2008 Independent on Sunday 9 Nov. (New Review) 41/1 They weren't just great dancers; they were great musicians, they were dance composers, they were great entertainers, period. b. Something which engages or occupies the attention; (in later use) spec. something which provides amusement or entertainment.In the 18th and early 19th centuries often in the titles of periodicals. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > source of amusement or entertainment > one who or that which supplies entertainment recreationa1616 entertainer1712 1673 tr. M.-C.-H. de Villedieu Amours 245 These sad thoughts were his entertainers. 1712 (title) The Poetical Entertainer: or, tales, satyrs, dialogues, and intrigues, &c. 1793 (title) Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle, or new weekly entertainer. 1856 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 320/2 As an entertainer it [sc. the wind] is unrivalled. How sublimely it brings up the thunder shower; how beautifully it floats along the sky the billowy cloud. 1913 Toys & Novelties Sept. 58/1 (advt.) The ‘Little Mother’ tender combines seven functions, namely that of a baby jumper, a swing, an exerciser, a reclining chair, an entertainer, a diner and a walker. 2011 P. Chopra in Eastern Eye 16 Dec. 27/3 We've worked really hard on this film and I know that it's a great entertainer. †3. With of. A person who or thing which maintains or encourages a specified state or condition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > one who or that which furtherer1390 fartherer1494 forwarder1549 furtherancer1599 entertainer1602 proficient1607 cockerer1674 advancer1833 1602 W. Watson tr. E. Pasquier Iesuites Catech. iii. xi. f. 163^v The Sixteene of Paris, (dregs of the vulgar, and entertainers of sedition [Fr. qui entretenoit la sedition]). 1606 Bp. W. Barlow One of Foure Serm. Hampton Court sig. B4 Equalitie in government is the entertainer of confusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1525
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