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junketer

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jun⋅ket

  [juhng-kit]
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–noun
1. a sweet, custardlike food of flavored milk curdled with rennet.
2. a pleasure excursion, as a picnic or outing.
3. a trip, as by an official or legislative committee, paid out of public funds and ostensibly to obtain information.
–verb (used without object)
4. to go on a junket.
–verb (used with object)
5. to entertain; feast; regale.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME jonket < OF (dial.) jonquette rush basket, equiv. to jonc (< L juncus reed) + -ette -ette

Related forms:
jun⋅ket⋅er, noun
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jun·ket   (jŭng'kĭt)   
n.  

  1. A dessert made from flavored milk and rennet.

  2. A party, banquet, or outing.

  3. A trip or tour, especially:

    1. One taken by an official at public expense.

    2. One taken by a person who is the guest of a business or agency seeking favor or patronage.

v.   jun·ket·ed, jun·ket·ing, jun·kets

v.   intr.

  1. To hold a party or banquet.

  2. To go on a junket.

v.   tr.
To fete at a party or banquet.

[Middle English jonket, rush basket, a kind of food served on rushes, feast, from Old North French jonquette, rush basket (probably from jonc, rush,) or from Medieval Latin iuncāta, rush basket, both from Latin iuncus, rush.]
jun'ket·er n.
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