promoter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: promoter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for promoter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
promoter n someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: promoter, booster, plugger] a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments Synonym(s): showman, promoter, impresario
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Promoter \Promot"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, forwards, advances, or promotes; an encourager; as, a promoter* of charity or philosophy. --Boyle. 2. Specifically, one who sets on foot, and takes the preliminary steps in, a scheme for the organization of a corporation, a joint-stock company, or the like. 3. One who excites; as, a promoter of sedition. 4. An informer; a makebate. [Obs.] --Tusser.