(n.) One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
Example Sentences:
(1) The other is a flamboyant showman who delights in peroxide mohicans and driving a variety of fast cars – most notably, perhaps, an army camouflage Bentley Continental GT.
(2) But when you ask Lewis what exactly the Euston Project is, the editor-in-chief, a supremely confident showman, is irritatingly coy.
(3) Christian is described as “the brainier one, the numbers man”, while Nick is “the showman”.
(4) "Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition" says Palin, ever the showman.
(5) He may be something of a showman, but he's a showman with form.
(6) Michael Hill, 50, showman I was born in Godalming, and have been a market trader and showman all my life.
(7) They represented scholarship, complicated lyricism, musical eclecticism and internationalism (as in Phife’s Caribbean twang) rather than street-corner parochialism; what hip-hop scholar and professor of global studies at New York University Jason King calls “the rise of a European, classically influenced concept of the artist in hip-hop; the rapper as more than a showman but a philosopher, individualist, soul-searcher”.
(8) But while Trump is clearly a showman for whom sexism is part of the shtick, his sexism hasn’t (yet) taken away women’s rights and hurt their lives.
(9) Aubameyang, at least, proved to be a conscientious and popular team player even if he enjoyed extravagant goalscoring celebrations, hairstyles and clothes, as to be expected from a showman who once wore crystal-encrusted boots for a Rhône-Alpes derby.
(10) I am the last person on Earth [Clinton] wants to run against.” But the bully, showman, party crasher and demagogue – as Time’s cover put it – is also the last person many Republicans want to see at the top of the ticket, though arch conservative Cruz comes close.
(11) I’d be mortified if Boris Johnson was made leader of the Tory party, because it will say something profoundly awful about British politics.” “I think he is a showman, and an effective class clown if you like, but the class clown tends to be disruptive, as I think he would be if he had the chance to put his silly views into practice.” The Conservative former chancellor Norman Lamont also came to Johnson’s defence, saying it was a “fact there were fascist theorists who believed very strongly in a united Europe”.
(12) His fellow sports showman Dennis Rodman jumped in as well, declaring last July that Trump had been a “great friend” for many years.
(13) Often cryptic, sometimes boring, Carax nevertheless has a showman's touch, and though his films deal with navel-gazing issues – blocked artists are a recurring motif – it's hard to think of another film-maker whose work features hair-eating leprechauns, accordion blues solos and Kylie Minogue.
(14) On 21 September, Tesla’s chief executive and founder, Elon Musk, used all the tricks in his showman’s book to launch the company’s latest all-electric vehicle , the Model X , at the company’s San Francisco Bay headquarters.
(15) He was something of a showman in the workplace – probably his way of making the job tolerable.
(16) There's something of the old-fashioned showman about Hytner: highbrow and lowbrow isn't a distinction he values (he claims to enjoy Diana Krall as much as Haydn, and admits a secret affection for trashy pop).
(17) "We think Economist Direct presents an exciting new route to market and a fundamental shift in how we think about more casual readers," said Isaac Showman, marketing manager at the Economist.
(18) Such a tour is highly unorthodox for a president-elect but in keeping with Trump’s showman style.
(19) Barack Obama led tributes to the incandescent athlete, activist, humanitarian, poet and showman with a statement that caught the mood of many.
(20) As economic with praise as he was in his playing, Davis admiringly observed that the Minnesotan showman was “a mix of Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Marvin Gaye… and Charlie Chaplin”.