junketeer

American  

[juhng-ki-teer] / ˌdʒʌŋ kɪˈtɪər /

noun

1. a person who goes on junkets, especially regularly or habitually.

   My friends are weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.

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verb (used without object)

1. to go on a junket, especially at government or another's expense.

   The speech railed against congressmen who regularly junketeer to Europe.

Etymology

Origin of junketeer

First recorded in 1815–25; junket + -eer, on the model of coinages with -teer, often derogatory, as profiteer, racketeer

Example Sentences

Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is a keen financier and wary junketeer.

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