promoter

1. Someone who is an active supporter and advocate (synset 110501805)
   is a type of: adman, advertiser, advertizer - someone whose business is advertising
   subtypes: barker - someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival) and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
   same as: booster, plugger
2. A sponsor who books and stages public entertainments (synset 110613153)
   is a type of: booker, booking agent - someone who engages a person or company for performances
   subtypes:

   • exhibitioner, exhibitor, shower - someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
   • organ-grinder - a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy
   • porn merchant, pornographer - someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
   specific instances:

   • barnum, p. t. barnum, phineas taylor barnum - United States showman who popularized the circus (1810-1891)
   • buffalo bill, buffalo bill cody, cody, william f. cody, william frederick cody - United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
   • diaghilev, sergei diaghilev, sergei pavlovich diaghilev - Russian ballet impresario who founded the Russian ballet and later introduced it to the West (1872-1929)
   • d'oyly carte, richard d'oyly carte - English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901)
   • hurok, sol hurok, solomon hurok - United States impresario who was born in Russia (1888-1974)
   • charles ringling, ringling - United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926)
   same as: impresario, showman

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