"showman" meaning in English

See showman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for showman meaning in English (4.4kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "showmanish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "showmanly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "showmanship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "show",
        "3": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "show + -man",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "show + -man",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "showmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "showmen"
      },
      "expansion": "showman (plural showmen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -man",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "en:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show."
      ],
      "id": "en-showman-en-noun-EuiYlkFE",
      "links": [
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ],
        [
          "proprietor",
          "proprietor"
        ],
        [
          "MC",
          "MC"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity."
      ],
      "id": "en-showman-en-noun-WY7Nxrj8",
      "links": [
        [
          "dramatic",
          "dramatic"
        ],
        [
          "entertaining",
          "entertaining"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "publicity",
          "publicity"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎnchūzhě",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "演出者"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "amuzisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "esiintyjä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "viihdyttäjä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "showmies"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "showman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schausteller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shōman",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "ショーマン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "alt": "げいにん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "geinin",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "芸人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "syomaen",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "word": "쇼맨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "showman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šoumɛ́n",
          "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шоуме́н"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "showman"
  ],
  "word": "showman"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms suffixed with -man",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊmən",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊmən/2 syllables",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "showmanish"
    },
    {
      "word": "showmanly"
    },
    {
      "word": "showmanship"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "show",
        "3": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "show + -man",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "show + -man",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "showmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "showmen"
      },
      "expansion": "showman (plural showmen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ],
        [
          "proprietor",
          "proprietor"
        ],
        [
          "MC",
          "MC"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dramatic",
          "dramatic"
        ],
        [
          "entertaining",
          "entertaining"
        ],
        [
          "performance",
          "performance"
        ],
        [
          "publicity",
          "publicity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊmən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎnchūzhě",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "演出者"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "amuzisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "esiintyjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "viihdyttäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "showmies"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "showman"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schausteller"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōman",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "ショーマン"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げいにん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "geinin",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "芸人"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "syomaen",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "word": "쇼맨"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "showman"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šoumɛ́n",
      "sense": "person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шоуме́н"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "showman"
  ],
  "word": "showman"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.