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Hard-working entertainer
Answer for the clue "Hard-working entertainer ", 7 letters:
trouper
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Word definitions for trouper in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who is reliable and uncomplaining and hard working an actor who travels around the country presenting plays [syn: barnstormer , playactor , play-actor ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A member of a theatrical company (a troupe). 2 A veteran performer. 3 A reliable, hard-working person; usually (term trooper English).
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, "actor or performer in a troupe," from troupe (n.) + -er (1). Transferred sense of "reliable, uncomplaining person" [OED] is attested by 1942, American English.
Usage examples of trouper.
Harry was wringing his hands and shouting warnings from the sidelines, and the oversized trouper, Tor, had two of the other townies by their collars.
He strode past loitering townies along the midway and entered the pad room where the troupers dressed and prepared for their entrance.
Townies often accused troupers of double-dealing, but the townies were just as good at playing false.
Lopez gave us coffee and we sat around and kidded Chango about what a brave little trouper he was.
Tim, in that the other troupers were all nicer to each other just for having Pavlo Smodlaka around to abhor.
Most of the troupers had chores or practicing to occupy their off-time, but some of them ambled up Loudoun Street to have a look at Winchester.
Strait of Gibraltar, and that raised the spirits of all the troupers and all but the mossiest shellbacks among the crew.
So the troupers and crew alike worked two shows every day, seven days a week.
You that our friend and fellow trouper Florian has made his teardown, now just.
Harry was wringing his hands and shouting warnings from the sidelines, and the oversized trouper, Tor, had two of the other townies by their collars.
He strode past loitering townies along the midway and entered the pad room where the troupers dressed and prepared for their entrance.
Sterling might be portraying the Troupers this way in order to expose the elitism at the heart of hackerdom and abjure it.
Emma had congratulated herself, had admitted that they had been real troupers indeed.
A Trouper who happened to have money, and she'd never met anyone as resolutely antimoney as the Storm Troupe.
All the troupers had heard it played on balalaikas in restaurants and hotel dining rooms, and Boom-Boom Beck was scoring a version for his windjammers to play.