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GRANDSTANDER

Dictionary entry overview: What does grandstander mean?

• GRANDSTANDER (noun)
The noun GRANDSTANDER has 1 sense:

1. someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand

Familiarity information: GRANDSTANDER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRANDSTANDER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grandstander" is a kind of...):

exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)

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