merrymaker

noun

ˈmer-ē-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce merrymaker (audio)
Definition of merrymakernext
as in celebrant
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style

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Recent Examples of merrymaker The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s. — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023 According to the study, led by Shevach Friedler and published in Fertility and Sterility, a medical merrymaker visited the fertility clinic regularly for a year. — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2011 Finally, on the actual holiday, the streets of Five Points will once again fill with merrymakers enjoying more Irish food and drink specials at participating establishments. — al, 6 Mar. 2020

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