barnstormern.

Brit.

/ˈbɑːnstɔːmə/, U.S.

/ˈbɑrnˌstɔrmər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: barn n., stormer n.

Etymology: < barn n. + stormer n. Compare later barnstorm v., and also later barnstorming n., barnstorming adj.

a. An actor or other entertainer who travels rapidly around within an area, often as part of a travelling company, giving performances in rural or makeshift venues.Such entertainers were often disparagingly characterized as melodramatic in their mode of presentation, making this sense difficult in some instances to distinguish from sense 1b.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > strolling player

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1845 Satirist 7 Dec. 390/2 We are disposed to think..that..the company was, for the most part, made up of the outsiders of that celebrated club, a few barn-stormers, and a slight dash of metropolitan efficiency.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 3 Barn stormers, theatrical performers who travel the country and act in barns, selecting short and frantic pieces to suit the rustic taste.

1930 Punch 19 Mar. 330/1 Those barn-stormers who tore the play's passions and the spectators' heart-strings to shreds.

2004 D. Feldman Do Elephants Jump? 6 ‘Illegitimate’ actors had a shady reputation, as most were itinerant barnstormers who swept in and out of small or medium-sized towns as third-rate carnivals do today.

b. Originally: an excessively theatrical or otherwise second-rate actor. Later in extended use: a person who performs or behaves in a melodramatic or exaggerated manner, typically with the intention of entertaining or impressing others.

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1884 L. F. Austin Henry Irving ix. 159 I should be exceedingly sorry to call Mr. Booth a ‘barn-stormer’; but it is unquestionable that much of the responsibility for the shortcomings of the American stage is laid by his countrymen at his door.

1894 Overland Monthly Sept. 336/2 Ada Rehan, he says,..makes the worst of mistakes in accent and pronunciation..while Frederick Ward is a barn-stormer of the lowest order.

1937 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 37 1322/1 The good chairman is an outgoing person—a bit of a ‘barnstormer’ if you will.

1958 Punch 24 Sept. 415/3 Mr. Faulkner is something of a barnstormer. Is he impressive not so much from an intrinsic quality but because he can ape the gestures of greatness?

2012 Independent (Nexis) 23 Aug. He remains an intensely private man, who will never be a crowd-pleasing barnstormer.

2. In extended use.

a. Originally and chiefly U.S. A politician who travels from place to place holding brief meetings in order to gather support during an election or as part of a political campaign.

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1884 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 2/1 (headline) Blaine barn stormers.

1956 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 27 Apr. 1/1 (headline) Nixon seen as chief Republican ‘barnstormer’.

2005 Washington Post 20 Jan. a34/5 The vice-president's vindication as a clear benefit to the re-election ticket, both as a prodigious fundraiser and tireless barnstormer.

b. Sport (originally and chiefly U.S.). A sports team or sportsperson that tours an area, generally in order to play friendly games against local teams or players.

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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > types of

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1902 Quincy (Illinois) Daily Herald 15 Sept. 2/5 Fred Pfeffer and his nine of barnstormers returned last night to their stamping grounds in Decatur.

1948 Sporting News (St. Louis, Missouri) 3 Nov. 18/1 One of the players favored by the 40,000 or more fans who watched the barnstormers was Shea, burly slab ace of the New York Yankees.

2003 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 27 Mar. Sometimes the barnstormers would play a team of locals, but that led to enough mismatches that the more common practice was to bring along two full teams to play each other.

c. An aeroplane pilot who travels around an area giving informal displays (typically of aerial stunts or manoeuvres) and sightseeing flights.

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society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > one who performs aerobatics

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1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ iii. 70 Bud and I made a short barnstorming trip through eastern Nebraska. That territory had been fairly well covered by other barnstormers, however, and we did very little business.

1991 Pilot Nov. 8/2 Alvin Johnston..persuaded his dad to fire up the family Model T and run him down to the pasture where a barnstormer had landed and was touting rides.

2022 Tel.-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 12 Feb. c9 As cities were generally somewhat suspicious of flying, many barnstormers flew in small towns and farming villages.

3. Originally U.S. An exceptionally dramatic or theatrical speech, performance, etc.; (more generally) a particularly impressive, remarkable, or powerful thing or experience.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing

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1896 Sterling (Illinois) Daily Standard 26 May Cale Johnson made a barn stormer of a speech in which he treated the Republicans and McKinley to particular fits.

1927 E. J. Pratt Let. 10 Aug. in D. G. Pitt E. J. Pratt: Master Years (1987) ii. 23 How about a week-end up here you old dog. Our joint families..would give you a barnstormer of a time.

1953 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 1 Mar. 8 c/8 For rain or shine this coat..in black and white slubbed rayon..is a barnstormer.

1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 May A few barnstormers to kick off the set, some slushy ballads..in the middle, pick up the beat at about the hour and a quarter mark, and finish with a lot of rumble and bash.

2012 Independent on Sunday 8 Apr. 23/1 The internet is aflame with furious comments about Marvel's hotly anticipated box-office barnstormer, The Avengers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	barnstormer
释义	barnstormern. Brit. /ˈbɑːnstɔːmə/, U.S. /ˈbɑrnˌstɔrmər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: barn n., stormer n. Etymology: < barn n. + stormer n. Compare later barnstorm v., and also later barnstorming n., barnstorming adj. 1. a. An actor or other entertainer who travels rapidly around within an area, often as part of a travelling company, giving performances in rural or makeshift venues.Such entertainers were often disparagingly characterized as melodramatic in their mode of presentation, making this sense difficult in some instances to distinguish from sense 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > strolling player stroller1608 strolling actor1621 strolla1627 show-fellow1756 budgeter1815 omee1859 1845 Satirist 7 Dec. 390/2 We are disposed to think..that..the company was, for the most part, made up of the outsiders of that celebrated club, a few barn-stormers, and a slight dash of metropolitan efficiency. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 3 Barn stormers, theatrical performers who travel the country and act in barns, selecting short and frantic pieces to suit the rustic taste. 1930 Punch 19 Mar. 330/1 Those barn-stormers who tore the play's passions and the spectators' heart-strings to shreds. 2004 D. Feldman Do Elephants Jump? 6 ‘Illegitimate’ actors had a shady reputation, as most were itinerant barnstormers who swept in and out of small or medium-sized towns as third-rate carnivals do today. b. Originally: an excessively theatrical or otherwise second-rate actor. Later in extended use: a person who performs or behaves in a melodramatic or exaggerated manner, typically with the intention of entertaining or impressing others. ΚΠ 1884 L. F. Austin Henry Irving ix. 159 I should be exceedingly sorry to call Mr. Booth a ‘barn-stormer’; but it is unquestionable that much of the responsibility for the shortcomings of the American stage is laid by his countrymen at his door. 1894 Overland Monthly Sept. 336/2 Ada Rehan, he says,..makes the worst of mistakes in accent and pronunciation..while Frederick Ward is a barn-stormer of the lowest order. 1937 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 37 1322/1 The good chairman is an outgoing person—a bit of a ‘barnstormer’ if you will. 1958 Punch 24 Sept. 415/3 Mr. Faulkner is something of a barnstormer. Is he impressive not so much from an intrinsic quality but because he can ape the gestures of greatness? 2012 Independent (Nexis) 23 Aug. He remains an intensely private man, who will never be a crowd-pleasing barnstormer. 2. In extended use. a. Originally and chiefly U.S. A politician who travels from place to place holding brief meetings in order to gather support during an election or as part of a political campaign. ΚΠ 1884 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 2/1 (headline) Blaine barn stormers. 1956 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 27 Apr. 1/1 (headline) Nixon seen as chief Republican ‘barnstormer’. 2005 Washington Post 20 Jan. a34/5 The vice-president's vindication as a clear benefit to the re-election ticket, both as a prodigious fundraiser and tireless barnstormer. b. Sport (originally and chiefly U.S.). A sports team or sportsperson that tours an area, generally in order to play friendly games against local teams or players. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > types of twelve1573 county1729 colt1789 in1825 Big-side1845 offence1884 all-American1888 farm1896 farm club1896 farm team1896 dream team1911 skin1930 A-team1976 1902 Quincy (Illinois) Daily Herald 15 Sept. 2/5 Fred Pfeffer and his nine of barnstormers returned last night to their stamping grounds in Decatur. 1948 Sporting News (St. Louis, Missouri) 3 Nov. 18/1 One of the players favored by the 40,000 or more fans who watched the barnstormers was Shea, burly slab ace of the New York Yankees. 2003 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 27 Mar. Sometimes the barnstormers would play a team of locals, but that led to enough mismatches that the more common practice was to bring along two full teams to play each other. c. An aeroplane pilot who travels around an area giving informal displays (typically of aerial stunts or manoeuvres) and sightseeing flights. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > one who performs aerobatics looper1914 loopist1914 aerobat1929 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ iii. 70 Bud and I made a short barnstorming trip through eastern Nebraska. That territory had been fairly well covered by other barnstormers, however, and we did very little business. 1991 Pilot Nov. 8/2 Alvin Johnston..persuaded his dad to fire up the family Model T and run him down to the pasture where a barnstormer had landed and was touting rides. 2022 Tel.-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 12 Feb. c9 As cities were generally somewhat suspicious of flying, many barnstormers flew in small towns and farming villages. 3. Originally U.S. An exceptionally dramatic or theatrical speech, performance, etc.; (more generally) a particularly impressive, remarkable, or powerful thing or experience. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 1896 Sterling (Illinois) Daily Standard 26 May Cale Johnson made a barn stormer of a speech in which he treated the Republicans and McKinley to particular fits. 1927 E. J. Pratt Let. 10 Aug. in D. G. Pitt E. J. Pratt: Master Years (1987) ii. 23 How about a week-end up here you old dog. Our joint families..would give you a barnstormer of a time. 1953 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times 1 Mar. 8 c/8 For rain or shine this coat..in black and white slubbed rayon..is a barnstormer. 1982 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 May A few barnstormers to kick off the set, some slushy ballads..in the middle, pick up the beat at about the hour and a quarter mark, and finish with a lot of rumble and bash. 2012 Independent on Sunday 8 Apr. 23/1 The internet is aflame with furious comments about Marvel's hotly anticipated box-office barnstormer, The Avengers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). > as lemmas barnstormer barnstormer n. (a) applied depreciatively to a strolling player; whence barn-storming; (b) U.S. Aeronautics (see quot. barn n. and barnstorm v. 2c). Π 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 3 Barn stormers, theatrical performers who travel the country and act in barns, selecting short and frantic pieces to suit the rustic taste. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 June 5/1 If this be barn-storming, Betterton and Garrick were barn-stormers. 1928 Daily Mail 7 May 6/4 Barnstormers, itinerant flyers, appearing at fairs and race tracks, like Lindbergh in his earlier years. 1930 Punch 19 Mar. 330/1 Those barn-stormers who tore the play's passions and the spectators' heart-strings to shreds. extracted from barnn. < n.1845 as lemmas
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