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junketeer

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jun⋅ke⋅teer

  [juhng-ki-teer]
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–noun
1. a person who goes on junkets, esp. regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.
–verb (used without object)
2. to go on a junket, esp. at government or another's expense: congressmen who regularly junketeer to Europe and the Far East.
Origin:
1815–25; junket + -eer, on the model of coinages with -teer, often derogatory, as profiteer, racketeer
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jun·ke·teer   (jŭng'kĭ-tēr')   
n.  One who goes on a junket or junkets.
intr.v.   jun·ke·teered, jun·ke·teer·ing, jun·ke·teers
To go on a junket, especially at the expense of a government or a favor-seeking business or agency.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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