"showman" meaning in All languages combined

See showman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: showmen [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊmən Etymology: show + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|show|man}} show + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|showmen}} showman (plural showmen)
  1. A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show. Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-showman-en-noun-EuiYlkFE Disambiguation of Occupations: 80 20 Disambiguation of People: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 90 10
  2. A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity. Translations (person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman): 演出者 (yǎnchūzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), amuzisto (Esperanto), esiintyjä (Finnish), viihdyttäjä (Finnish), showmies (Finnish), showman [masculine] (French), Schausteller [masculine] (German), ショーマン (shōman) (Japanese), 芸人 (geinin) (alt: げいにん) (Japanese), 쇼맨 (syomaen) (Korean), showman [masculine] (Romanian), шоуме́н (šoumɛ́n) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-showman-en-noun-WY7Nxrj8 Disambiguation of 'person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: showmanish, showmanly, showmanship

Noun [French]

Forms: showmans [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} showman m (plural showmans)
  1. showman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-showman-fr-noun-FD12y9aB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: showmans [plural], showman [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m|showmans|pl2=#}} showman m (plural showmans or showman)
  1. showman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-showman-es-noun-FD12y9aB Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish nouns with multiple plurals

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for showman meaning in All languages combined (5.8kB)

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