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GRANDSTANDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grandstander mean?
• GRANDSTANDER (noun)
The noun GRANDSTANDER has 1 sense:
1. someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand
Familiarity information: GRANDSTANDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("grandstander" is a kind of...):
exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)
Derivation:
grandstand (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause)
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