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busker

noun

Definition of busker

chiefly British

as in performer

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Recent Examples of busker The downtown Saturday farmer's market is one of this city's bedrock institutions – a blocks-long parade of vendors and buskers in the shade of soaring elms. — Dirk Vanderhart, NPR, 11 May 2026 Attractions and outdoor activities Downtown Santa Cruz is a fun place to wander, particularly on Pacific Avenue, where buskers perform and cafes, restaurants and shops beckon. — David Farley, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026 Mike Yung is here, New York City subway busker. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, buskers entertain people in line playing drums with buckets. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for busker

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Noun

Hugo said his work as a songwriter, producer, arranger, and performer was central to their success, though Williams was the public face of their partnership.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
In the Chicago Tribune, Loerzel wrote that the opening of the Uptown in 1925 was cause for a festival, complete with bands, trapeze artists and a madcap performer who set himself ablaze and submerged himself in water to extinguish the flames.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of performer

Noun

The entertainer lived in the US until his dramatic split with the States during the Red Scare of the ’50s.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Martin, whose career has spanned movies, comedy, television and music, received the IBMA’s entertainer of the year accolade in 2011.

— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of entertainer

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Nearly four decades after the film brought a group of dead baseball players to life with a homemade diamond on an Iowa farm, Keith Rahe and his traveling troupers are still dedicated to keeping the cornfield mystique alive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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