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barnstormer

noun

Etymology

From barnstorm + -er.

  1. derived from *(s)twerH-✻ — “to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”
  2. derived from *sturmaz✻ — “storm”
  3. inherited from *sturm✻ — “storm”
  4. derived from storm — “tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”
  5. inherited from storm — “disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”
  6. formed as barnstorm — “barn + storm”
  7. formed as barnstormer — “barnstorm + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who barnstorms.

    • Also a prince's cook; and even the water-carrier of that sublime lord of lords and king of kings, the Governor-General of India! How broad they were in their tastes! They also murdered actors—poor wandering barnstormers.
    • “Craig’s final film as the diva of British intelligence is an epic barnstormer, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA