单词 | conventioner |
释义 | conventioner in British English (kənˈvɛnʃənə) noun another name for conventioneer conventioneer in British English (ˌkɒnvɛnʃəˈnɪə), conventioner (kənˈvɛnʃənə) or conventionist (kənˈvɛnʃənɪst) noun mainly US a person who is attending a convention Seminar groups and conventioneers spill noisily out of meeting rooms. conventioner in American English (kənˈvenʃənər) noun 1. a conventioneer 2. a member of a convention Word origin [1685–95; convention + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: accumulator, blowhole, fatigue, overlap, protectorate-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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