JUNKETEER


Meaning of JUNKETEER in English

/jung'ki tear"/ , n.

1. a person who goes on junkets, esp. regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.

v.i.

2. to go on a junket, esp. at government or another's expense: congressmen who regularly junketeer to Europe and the Far East.

[ 1815-25; JUNKET + -EER, on the model of coinages with -teer, often derogatory, as PROFITEER, RACKETEER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .