showster

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noun

One who puts on a show; a showman or performer.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounshowster (plural showsters)

plural showsters

  1. rareOne who puts on a show; a showman or performer.

    We should insist on the designation of this brand of activity with distinctive names, such as "adboats," "paraders," "p-craft," "crafters," “showsters," etc.

    1988, Yachting, volume 164, page 13
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    Like a lot of other ambitious advertisers long before business took to the air, the radio showsters overlook the fact that even if you can get and hold every tiny scrap of man's fleeting attention, […]

    1936, Kenneth Mackarness Goode, Max Zenn Kaufman, Showmanship in Business, page 119

    A marker stands there now, and each year showsters reenact in historical (and gory) detail the ambush of the two fugitives by the posse of four Texas lawmen, the local sheriff, and his chief deputy.

    2016, Keagan LeJeune, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws

Origin

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APA

showster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showster

MLA

“showster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showster. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “showster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/showster.

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