performer | | |
n. (person) | 1. performer, performing artist | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. |
| ~ entertainer | a person who tries to please or amuse. |
| ~ actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player | a theatrical performer. |
| ~ artiste | a public performer (a dancer or singer). |
| ~ baton twirler, twirler | someone who twirls a baton. |
| ~ comedian, comic | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. |
| ~ rodeo rider, cowboy | a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging. |
| ~ dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean | a performer who dances professionally. |
| ~ executant | a performer (usually of musical works). |
| ~ fire-swallower, fire-eater | a performer who pretends to swallow fire. |
| ~ fire walker | someone who walks barefoot on burning coals. |
| ~ geek | a carnival performer who does disgusting acts. |
| ~ headliner, star | a performer who receives prominent billing. |
| ~ juggler | a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity. |
| ~ conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator, illusionist | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience. |
| ~ minstrel | a performer in a minstrel show. |
| ~ monologist | an entertainer who performs alone. |
| ~ instrumentalist, musician, player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession). |
| ~ puppeteer | one who operates puppets or marionettes. |
| ~ savoyard | a person who performs in the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan. |
| ~ sightreader | a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music). |
| ~ snake charmer | a performer who uses movements and music to control snakes. |
| ~ second banana, straight man | a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian. |
| ~ ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, stripper | a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music. |
| ~ strongman | a man who performs feats of strength at a fair or circus. |
| ~ vaudevillian | a performer who works in vaudeville. |
| ~ ventriloquist | a performer who projects the voice into a wooden dummy. |
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