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Definitions for: Promoter
[n] someone who is an active supporter and advocate
[n] a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*mot"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes;
an encourager; as, a promoter of charity or philosophy.
--Boyle.
2. Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the
preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a
corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like.
3. One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition.
4. An informer; a makebate. [Obs.] --Tusser.
Synonyms: booster, impresario, plugger, showman
See Also: adman, advertiser, advertizer, barker, Barnum, booker, booking agent, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, Charles Ringling, Cody, Diaghilev, D'Oyly Carte, exhibitioner, exhibitor, Hurok, organ-grinder, P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum, porn merchant, pornographer, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Ringling, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, shower, Sol Hurok, Solomon Hurok, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody
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