[en-ter-tey-ner] 
| 1. | a singer, comedian, dancer, reciter, or the like, esp. a professional one. |
| 2. | a person who entertains; host: She was one of the capital's great entertainers. |
| en·ter·tain (ěn'tər-tān') v. en·ter·tained, en·ter·tain·ing, en·ter·tains v. tr.
[Middle English entertinen, to maintain, from Old French entretenir, from Medieval Latin intertenēre : Latin inter, among; see inter- + Latin tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] en'ter·tain'er n. |
tərˈteɪ