con·ven·tion·eer

[kuhn-ven-shuh-neer]
noun
1.
a person, as a political delegate, who participates in a convention.
verb (used without object)
2.
to participate in a convention.

Origin:
1930–35; convention + -eer

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conventioneer

noun
someone who attends a convention 
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