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exhibitor

exhibitor

11 4.2
A person or organization that displays things for people at a trade show
  • noun
  • /ɪɡˈzɪbɪtər/
: expositor
  • Today, my wife is a three-star exhibitor in the color slide division of PSA.
  • Top Exhibitors
  • overseas exhibitors
  • list of exhibitors

They're the people who walk the show and potentially buy stuff from exhibitors.

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Examples

  • The festival will feature more than 150 exhibitors of arts and crafts, food, and free entertainment.

  • We have over 100 exhibitors this year, and somewhere between, oh, 5,000 and 10,000 guests will pass through the doors.

    Beyond The Sky (2018)

  • After this, changes will be made only if notification is made by the exhibitor or salon.

    Academic text (1995)

  • There is a consistent core of exhibitors, and several have achieved their third star.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Writing in to Boxoffice, an Illinois exhibitor complained that the film had "absolutely no drawing power."

    Academic text (2017)

  • Independent exhibitors increasingly adopted dual and even triple bills to draw in audiences during the Depression.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Mrs. Zeek is a multi-star exhibitor in color prints and stereo slides.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Record numbers are expected this year at the Summit Festival as new vendors and exhibitors have stumbled upon this tiny town and its majestic beauty.

    Royal Façade (2024)

  • The seminar schedule, show hours, and the lineup of Fishing Show exhibitors are available on the event's website.

  • First, there are nearly 2,000 licensed animal exhibitors nationwide, and only 201 of these are AZA-accredited establishments.

Synonyms

exhibitioner
vsexhibitor
1 7.0

A person who organizes and shows things at an exhibition

includes organizations and stresses presentation at shows or exhibitions

How Involved

organizer
  • US
167 2.8
exhibitor
11 4.2
participant
332 2.4
attendee
67 3.0

Surface Forms

exhibitor singular
exhibitors plural

Morphology

exhibitor = exhibit (transparent) = exhibit + or

Regular agentive suffix '-or' attached to the verb 'exhibit' yields 'one who exhibits', a direct and predictable derivation.

Etymology

Exhibitor comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and habere 'to hold', the same idea you see in the word exhibit. So an exhibitor is someone who 'holds out' or shows things for others to see, which is why they display work or products at a show or fair.