streamer

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stream·er | \ ˈstrē-mər

plural streamers

Definition of streamer

1a : a flag that streams in the wind especially : pennant

b : any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind

c : banner sense 2

2 : one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive verb 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 The app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…— Yoree Koh

3a : a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse

b streamers plural : aurora borealis

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Examples of streamer in a Sentence

streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium

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