Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A guest at a banquet; a feaster.
- noun One who provides feasts or rich entertainments.
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- noun A
guest at abanquet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's another funerary mural with another deceased banqueter holding an egg, this time solitary.
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And indeed, these royal cup-bearers are neat-handed at their task, mixing the bowl with infinite elegance, and pouring the wine into the beakers without spilling a drop, and when they hand the goblet they poise it deftly between thumb and finger for the banqueter to take.
Cyropaedia 2007
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The glasses were emptied and a shout of applause rang from every banqueter save one.
The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Thomas Dixon 1905
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The men regard the newcomer with that look which is given to an uninvited banqueter whose appearance is not imposing.
David Lockwin—The People's Idol John McGovern 1883
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"'Scuse me!" says a thick-voiced banqueter in the hall.
David Lockwin—The People's Idol John McGovern 1883
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She requires for each banqueter three or four items, which include the Measuring-worms, or Loopers, and the caterpillars of ordinary Moths, all of which are equally appreciated.
More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's flesh that night.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's flesh that night.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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Nor was Stubb the only banqueter on whale's flesh that night.
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To us it seems very strange how a man, when he is actually a banqueter, and at the instant of his communicating can be made in any other sort a banqueter than he is; for _quicquid est, dum est, non potest non esse_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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