exhibitioner
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exhibitioner
First recorded in 1565–75; exhibition + -er 1
Example Sentences
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But then, though an exhibitioner himself once, he had now attained to the dignity of a senior, and was probably exempt from the laws binding on new boys.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
Miller had been a school-board teacher, an exhibitioner at college, and was possessed of a singular though limited intelligence.
From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Murray advised me not to join the wine club, because I was an exhibitioner, and the dons would be sure to fix their eyes steadfastly upon me if I did.
From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Turley, Charles
In such manner, I, an exhibitioner and a living exponent of the latest “form,” entered Low Heath!
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
What concerned me still more was to find that Dicky Brown, although not an exhibitioner, kept steadily above me in class, and put me under frequent obligations by helping me out of difficulties.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
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