ENTERTAINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entertainer mean? 

• ENTERTAINER (noun)
  The noun ENTERTAINER has 1 sense:

1. a person who tries to please or amuse

  Familiarity information: ENTERTAINER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTERTAINER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who tries to please or amuse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("entertainer" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entertainer"):

bombshell (an entertainer who has a sensational effect)

busker (a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money)

attracter; attraction; attractor; draw; drawing card (an entertainer who attracts large audiences)

humorist; humourist (someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way)

emcee; host; master of ceremonies (a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers))

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

pleaser (a pleasing entertainer)

Derivation:

entertain (provide entertainment for)

 Context examples 

He came out of his seclusion, renewed relations with his friends, became once more their familiar guest and entertainer; and whilst he had always been known for charities, he was now no less distinguished for religion.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They did just what they liked with me; and wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell, with a certainty I blush to think of, the more especially, as in my juvenile frankness, I took some credit to myself for being so confidential and felt that I was quite the patron of my two respectful entertainers.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I was very sensible of my entertainer's goodness, and listened to the women's going to bed in another little crib like mine at the opposite end of the boat, and to him and Ham hanging up two hammocks for themselves on the hooks I had noticed in the roof, in a very luxurious state of mind, enhanced by my being sleepy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)