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performer

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//pəˈfɔːmə//
  • United States//pɚˈfɔɹmɚ//

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

noun

  1. 1

    One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

  2. 2

    One who performs or does anything.

    the performer of an action

    It is imperative that these forms are completed accurately for work performed by you bearing your unique performer number, […]

Etymology

Etymology tree English perform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English performer From perform + -er.

Forms

plural
performers
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).