plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)
The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—
Dan Gallagher
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
Examples of streamer in a Sentence
streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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On Twitch, high profile streamers were very interested in giving it a shot, but almost immediately moved on within a day or two and few were raving about it.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Prime Video and Korean powerhouse CJ ENM have struck a multi-year distribution deal that will bring a slate of premium K-content to the streamer’s viewers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 May 2025
The streamer’s Latin American programming boss, Francisco ‘Paco’ Ramos, delved into what’s to come during an interview with Deadline.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 May 2025
Alice Halsey will play Laura in the streamer’s adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved novels.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Prime Video and Korean powerhouse CJ ENM have struck a multi-year distribution deal that will bring a slate of premium K-content to the streamer’s viewers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 May 2025
The streamer’s Latin American programming boss, Francisco ‘Paco’ Ramos, delved into what’s to come during an interview with Deadline.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 2 May 2025
Alice Halsey will play Laura in the streamer’s adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved novels.
—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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