showboatern.
/ˈʃəʊbəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊˌboʊdər/ Originally U.S.
1. A person who works on or manages a showboat (showboat n. 1). Now historical.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > other dramatic or variety performances > [noun] > performer
showboater1910
1910 Wide World Mag. May 149/2 The fact that the performers are always at their hotel, that baggage is never transferred,..—all these things make the show-boater indolent and perfectly satisfied with life.
1940 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 3 May 17/8 The showboaters will leave this morning for a performance tonight in South Charleston.
1952 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 239/4 The show that Mr. Chapman, the first ‘showboater’, presented to the Mississippi Valley.
2009 M. R. Sweeney in P. A. Tenkotte & J. C. Claypool Encycl. N. Kentucky 828/1 Many rivermen and showboaters retired to Newport and Covington.
2. colloquial. A show-off, an exhibitionist; = showboat n. 2.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > ostentatious person
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swash1824
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show-off1841
swankera1846
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swank1913
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showboater1941
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1941 Brooklyn Eagle 12 May 13/1 The critics..said he was a showboater, made mistakes no good shortstop would commit.
1968 ‘G. Bagby’ Another Day iii. 45 He was a clown. He was a showboater. He had a big mouth.
1977 Time Jan. 56/2 Streisand is a showboater, a sort of one-woman Hippodrome whose roots are in the brassiest tradition of the American musical theatre.
2014 Sun (Nexis) 29 Nov. 78 The Chelsea boss says he has no time for big heads and showboaters, insisting the team should be the star, not any one player.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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