Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfils.
- noun One who performs or takes part in a play or performance of any kind; an actor, actress, musician, circus-rider, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; ; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
performs for, orentertains , anaudience .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
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Examples
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But honestly, being a performer is an incredibly isolating position.
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I can't help noticing, in a very cursory ear-glance, slightly impaired by beer and tremendous jetlag, that your MIDI "performer" is somewhat careless not only about your dynamics, but also your pedal markings, and I'm only talking about the first 4 bars!
"I took many a lump, but 'twas all in good fun" Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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If Clay Aiken was busy on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then he could have used iTunes to listen to more before posting an opinion on which performer is better.
Adam Lambert Responds To Clay Aiken Controversy — “He Can Ride My Coattails” 2009
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But the usual go-to performer is Ross, who picked up where she left off after being last year's conference rookie of the year.
Trenton: Unbeaten UConn looks to storm toward St. Louis 2009
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Touched by the powerful emotions that a performance can evoke – especially that harmonizing quality that moves a whole watching community, and the belief in the possibility of transcending the normal human condition of flawed, grounded ordinariness – the would-be performer is ready to give everything they have in the service of a transient dream.
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Although a brief description of the performer is provided in the short list of notes in the back, given the number of times Hikita is referenced, I would have preferred they choose someone known in the U.S., such as Lady Gaga.
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The most delightful performer is perhaps Nelson, whose baseball-cap-sporting Mister careens from streetwise scrappiness to sagacious calm.
Theater review of 'Sanctified' at the Lincoln Theatre Celia Wren 2010
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Miles, the all-American, familiar-looking performer is taking the internet by storm with his latest music video ‘This Must Be The Place’, a Talking Heads cover, inspired entirely by the best scenes from American Psycho.
Miles Fisher: Song Sung Psycho « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Touched by the powerful emotions that a performance can evoke – especially that harmonizing quality that moves a whole watching community, and the belief in the possibility of transcending the normal human condition of flawed, grounded ordinariness – the would-be performer is ready to give everything they have in the service of a transient dream.
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An even more recently introduced character that began as just a sort of "background performer" is going to have a major role to play before the end, too.
The first sentence I wrote yesterday... ewillett 2008
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