plural streamers
1
b
: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind
c
2
: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 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
Dan GallagherThe app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—Yoree Koh
Yoree Koh3
a
: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse
b
Examples of streamer in a Sentence
streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium
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The sum dwarfs most acquisitions this year — and marks TIFF’s first eight-figure deal in several editions — underlining the resilience of genre cinema at a time when studios and streamers alike are cautious.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
The Swedish series is the latest original from Comcast and Paramount owned SkyShowtime and will play across the streamer’s footprint of European territories.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The rollout will bring the premium streamer to Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, marking another significant milestone in the platform’s aggressive global expansion strategy.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Households with multiple streamers, gamers, or remote workers often need 500 Mbps or more to avoid lag, and heavy users or content creators may benefit from gigabit or multi-gig plans.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
The Swedish series is the latest original from Comcast and Paramount owned SkyShowtime and will play across the streamer’s footprint of European territories.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The rollout will bring the premium streamer to Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, marking another significant milestone in the platform’s aggressive global expansion strategy.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Households with multiple streamers, gamers, or remote workers often need 500 Mbps or more to avoid lag, and heavy users or content creators may benefit from gigabit or multi-gig plans.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for streamer
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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streamer
noun
stream·er
ˈstrē-mər 
1
a
: a flag that streams in the wind
especially
: pennant sense 1
b
: a long narrow wavy strip suggesting a banner floating in the wind
2
plural
: aurora borealis
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