barnstormer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]barnstormer (plural barnstormers)
- One who barnstorms.
- 1897, Mark Twain, chapter XLVI, in Following the Equator […] [1], New York: American Publishing Company:
- 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.
- 2021 September 28, Stephanie Goodman, “‘No Time to Die’: What the Critics Are Saying”, in The New York Times[2]:
- “Craig’s final film as the diva of British intelligence is an epic barnstormer, […]