symposiast

symposiast
/sim poh"zee ast', -euhst/, n.
a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
[1650-60; orig. < assumed Gk *symposiastés, deriv. of symposiázein to drink together (with agentive suffix -tes), v. deriv. of symposíon drinking party (see SYMPOSIUM); in recent use prob. recoinage: SYMPOSI(UM) + -AST]

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