conventioneer
- noun
- /kənˌvɛnʧəˈnɪr/
- Conventioneer.
Examples
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- Sweetheart, you're looking at a horny conventioneer.
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During the conference, each conventioneer received a welcome package with useful information about the city.
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The conventioneer pays for the drink and is a little lost for words.
Fiction book (1995) -
A man sits next to Sera: a conventioneer.
Fiction book (1995) -
Unfortunately, I didn't reach either this extravagance or the Video Marketplace; in fact, this conventioneer barely got to the old-time book displays.
Academic text (1995) -
But in the early 1990s, Leavenworth began to target a new type of visitor—the conventioneer.
Academic text (2000) -
The conventioneer networked with other professionals at the event, exchanging business cards and ideas.
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As a first-time conventioneer, she was excited to attend the workshops and meetings scheduled for the weekend.
Synonyms
A person who goes to and takes part in an event
A person who is present at a meeting or event
A person who regularly goes to a place or event
A person who takes part in a conference or formal discussion
A person who is at a meeting or lecture and listens
Surface Forms
Morphology
conventioneer = convention (transparent) = convention + eer
The word is a straightforward noun built from 'convention' + the agentive suffix '-eer' meaning 'person associated with', so the meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Conventioneer comes from convention ('a meeting where people come together') plus the ending -eer, which you see in words like volunteer and auctioneer to mean a person who goes to or takes part in something. So, a conventioneer is a person who attends a convention.