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promoter definition

pro·moter (prə mōt′ər, prō-)

noun

  1. a person or thing that promotes; specif., a person who begins, secures financing for, and helps to organize an undertaking, as a business or a sports event
  2. Chem. a substance that will accelerate the effect of a catalyst on a reaction

Etymology: ME < MFr promoteur < ML promotor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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