performer
//pɚˈfɔɹmɚ//
Forms
- Plural
- performers
Definitions
1.One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
2.One who performs or does anything.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4624
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English perform
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English performer
From perform + -er.