"showman" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A person skilled at making effective presentations (synset 110613451)
is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
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, promoter