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performing artist
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Noun performing artist has 1 sense
- performing artist(n = noun.person) performer - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience; Array is a kind of entertainer
has particulars: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian, artiste, baton twirler, twirler, comedian, comic, cowboy, rodeo rider, dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean, executant, fire-eater, fire-swallower, fire walker, geek, headliner, star, juggler, conjurer, conjuror, illusionist, magician, prestidigitator, minstrel, monologist, instrumentalist, musician, player, puppeteer, savoyard, sightreader, snake charmer, second banana, straight man, ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler, stripper, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, strongman, vaudevillian, ventriloquist
Derived form noun performing arts1
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