Home › Words › B › banqueteerbanqueteerbanqueteer means one who attends a banquet.EtymologyFrom banquet + -eer.nounOne who attends a banquet.e.g.“The dinner and the soiree too were done, The supper too discuss’d, the dames admired, The banqueteers had dropp’d off one by one— The song was silent, and the dance expired:” — 1824, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XVI:verbTo attend a banquet or banquets (particularly as a frequent or habitual activity).e.g.“I had been banqueteering and making speeches two or three times in every week for six months […]” — 1907, Mark Twain, edited by Benjamin Griffin and Harriet Elinor Smith, Autobiography of Mark Twain, volume 3, Oakland: University of California Press, published 2015, page 189:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.banqueter 84% match — A guest at a banquet. vs banqueteer →banquetgoer 83% match — Someone who attends a banquet vs banqueteer →banqueteering 77% match — The act of participating in banquets, particularly as a frequent activity (also used attributively). vs banqueteer →banqueting 69% match — The act of holding or participating in a banquet. vs banqueteer →banquetlike 66% match — Resembling or characteristic of a banquet. vs banqueteer →bancketting 66% match — Banqueting. vs banqueteer →junketer 64% match — Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer. vs banqueteer →beanfeaster 61% match — One who takes part in a beanfeast. vs banqueteer →