Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A participant in a symposium.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is engaged with others at a symposium, convivial meeting, or banquet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
  • noun A participant in a symposium.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who participates in a symposium

Etymologies

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From the Ancient Greek συμποσιαστής (sumposiastēs, "a fellow-drinker”, “a boon-companion"), from συμπόσιον (sumposion), whence symposium.

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