showman

See also: Showman

English

Etymology

show +‎ -man

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊmən

Noun

showman (plural showmen)

1. A person who produces or presents shows as a profession, especially the proprietor, manager, or MC of a circus or variety show.
2. A person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation, performance, or publicity.

Derived terms

• showmanish
• showmanly
• showmanship

Translations

person who produces or presents shows as a profession — see impresario

person skilled in dramatic or entertaining presentation — see also showwoman

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演出者 (zh) (yǎnchūzhě)

• Esperanto: amuzisto
• Finnish: esiintyjä (fi), viihdyttäjä (fi), showmies (fi)
• French: showman (fr) m
• German: Schausteller (de) m
• Japanese: ショーマン (shōman), 芸人 (ja) (げいにん, geinin)
• Korean: 쇼맨 (syomaen)
• Romanian: showman (ro) m
• Russian: шоуме́н (ru) m (šoumɛ́n)

French

Noun

showman m (plural showmans)

1. showman

Spanish

Noun

showman m (plural showmans or showman)

1. showman

Further reading

• “showman”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014