Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A participant in a symposium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is engaged with others at a symposium, convivial meeting, or banquet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One engaged with others at a
banquet ormerrymaking . - noun A
participant in asymposium .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who participates in a symposium
Etymologies
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From the Ancient Greek συμποσιαστής (sumposiastēs, "a fellow-drinker”, “a boon-companion"), from συμπόσιον (sumposion), whence symposium.
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