celebrants

plural of celebrant
as in celebrators
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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Recent Examples of celebrants Once in the air conditioning, celebrants were treated to a drag bingo afternoon. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026 While the dangerous temperatures shuttered a slew of events, celebrants still packed the streets in Boston, Philadelphia and New York. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 What celebrants are celebrating, exactly, is diverse and personal. ABC News, 2 July 2026 The downtown streets were filled with weekend visitors, most under forty, as well as wedding goers and Pride celebrants. Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Even without a watch party, Game 4’s come-from-behind victory for the Knicks ended in bedlam, with 10 NYPD cops getting injured while arresting 56 jubilant fans — with celebrants destroying a yellow cab and Citi Bikes and setting off fireworks, officials said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 But by the evening of June 12, the tone markedly changed, as police and celebrants clashed at Damen and Division. Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026 While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged. Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026 Each year during Passover, at the seder meal, celebrants of the Jewish holiday recite the Ten Plagues of Egypt in sequence while removing 10 drops of wine from their cups. Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • Tourists and Independence Day celebrators are expected to flock to Independence Mall on Saturday, when the new panels could be on display if the National Park Service installs them in time.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • Amethyst Martinez In New York City, celebrators had a plethora of events to choose from to mark the United States' 250th anniversary of its independence.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Noun
  • Every year, locals as well as revelers from across the East Bay gather to fete the district at the Laurel StreetFair World Music Festival, which on August 8 will celebrate its 25th anniversary.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Newcastle have shifted strategy, and while there are plenty of reasons for that, there is little evidence the dreams of those 2021 revellers will be realised any time soon.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Celebrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/celebrants. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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