as in celebrator
one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion
all of the celebrants at the birthday party received a favor to take home
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Reports of a multiday, multimillion-dollar affair — is expected to draw hundreds of celebrants to a fragile lagoon city already grappling with overtourism — sparked concerns in Italy.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 June 2025
They weren’t needed for this diverse group of mostly Catholic celebrants.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Some believe that early celebrants simply worked with easily accessible and in-season ingredients that happened to be red: watermelon, strawberries, beans and fried or smoked meats.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
In Grenoble, a city in southeastern France, a car plowed inadvertently into a crowd of celebrants, seriously injuring four people from the same family, the police said.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 June 2025
They weren’t needed for this diverse group of mostly Catholic celebrants.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Some believe that early celebrants simply worked with easily accessible and in-season ingredients that happened to be red: watermelon, strawberries, beans and fried or smoked meats.
—Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
In Grenoble, a city in southeastern France, a car plowed inadvertently into a crowd of celebrants, seriously injuring four people from the same family, the police said.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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“Celebrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celebrant. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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