greeter vs welcomer what difference
what is difference between greeter and welcomer
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English greter, gretter, equivalent to greet + -er.
Noun
greeter (plural greeters)
- A person who greets people on their arrival.
- (tourism) A volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free.
Etymology 2
From greet (“to weep”) + -er.
Noun
greeter (plural greeters)
- (dialectal or obsolete) One who weeps or mourns.
References
- “greeter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- regreet
French
Etymology
From English greeter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.tœʁ/
Noun
greeter m or f (plural greeters)
- (tourism, anglicism) greeter (volunteer who shows tourists around their home city or region for free)
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English welcomer, welcomere, equivalent to welcome + -er (agent suffix).
Noun
welcomer (plural welcomers)
- Something which or someone who welcomes people, especially newcomers.
- 1764, Sir Humphrey Lunatic (pseudonym of Francis Gentleman), A Trip to the Moon, London: S. Crowder, 2nd edition, 1765, Volume I, Chapter 2, p. 21,[1]
- At this Point of Time my Host, as I may call my sage Welcomer, directed a Kind of Procession, which tho’ not grand, nor very regular, appeared to be calculated as a high Compliment to me […]
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure, Part Six, Chapter 1,[2]
- On their arrival the station was lively with straw-hatted young men, welcoming young girls who bore a remarkable family likeness to their welcomers, and who were dressed up in the brightest and lightest of raiment.
- 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 2,[3]
- It transpired that my welcomers, without whose kindness I should now have been in tears, had made me an honorary member of the Sind Club, a palace of comfort, good food, and eternal drinks, set in a compound of flowering trees, where I found myself in possession of a suite of three rooms and the usual offices.
- 1764, Sir Humphrey Lunatic (pseudonym of Francis Gentleman), A Trip to the Moon, London: S. Crowder, 2nd edition, 1765, Volume I, Chapter 2, p. 21,[1]
- Something or someone that greets or is present for the arrival of something.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act IV, Scene 1,[4]
- Farewell, thou woful welcomer of glory!
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act IV, Scene 1,[4]
Translations
Etymology 2
From welcome + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
welcomer
- comparative form of welcome: more welcome
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