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sym⋅po⋅si⋅ast

  [sim-poh-zee-ast, -uhst]
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–noun
a person who attends or participates in a symposium.
Origin:
1650–60; orig. < assumed Gk *symposiasts, deriv. of symposiázein to drink together (with agentive suffix -tēs), v. deriv. of symposíon drinking party (see symposium ); in recent use prob. recoinage: symposi(um) + -ast
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sym·po·si·ast   (sĭm-pō'zē-āst', -əst)   
n.  A participant in a symposium.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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