grandstander

English

Etymology

From grandstand (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

grandstander (plural grandstanders)

  1. (derogatory) A person who grandstands; a show-off.
    • 2017 June 8, Maeve Reston, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump meets the ultimate adversary in James Comey”, in CNN‎[1]:
      After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
    • 2025 June 3, David Smith, quoting Donald Trump, “Elon Musk calls Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill a ‘disgusting abomination’”, in The Guardian‎[2], →ISSN:
      Trump has previously dismissed Republican dissenters as “grandstanders” and urged them to get onboard.
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