panelist

[ pan-l-ist ]

noun

1. a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of panelist¹

First recorded in 1950–55; panel + -ist

Example Sentences

Meaning “boss” in Spanish, the word “jefa” is one very familiar to the esteemed panelists which include entrepreneurs, journalists, tech experts and authors.

From Essence.com

In the corner, Olivia rushed to help Katie finish thank-you notes for the panelists — machine learning experts and software engineers from Draper, Microsoft and Liberty Mutual.

From Washington Post

In the Ipsos chart below, you see that virus is still front and center in the minds of most panelists.

From Fortune

The panelists stressed state and local races are equally as important.

From Washington Blade

Wealth inequality is also exacerbating the retirement crisis, the panelists noted.

From Fortune

The rapper will.i.am was one such panelist, forced upon Gregory for an excruciatingly awkward roundtable segment.

From The Daily Beast

And as Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Solow, a panelist at the event, pointed out: “Note that this is not a market failure.”

From The Daily Beast

Lisa Goldman apparently attended a Yeshiva University event this week at which I was a panelist.

From The Daily Beast

Another panelist issued a warning: "For the moment, you have not lost Europe, but you will if you don't show your stances."

From The Daily Beast

Panelist Kim Ruocco said her family suffered a devastating blow when her husband took his own life after serving in Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

In other words, I was not considered a panelist, but there were two station people and three panel people.

From Project Gutenberg