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)
… 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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Top streamers are spending big money to lure famous filmmakers like Martin Scorsese.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Paramount will argue that their absorption of Warner Bros Discovery has been in an effort to scale up to streamer competitors like Netflix and Amazon.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026
If ratified, the deal will be the third for the 60-person bargaining unit, which encompasses writers, producers and graphic artists at the streamer.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the past seven months, local interest has surged and Freedman said LAFC has found a broadcast audience more than double the size of its existing global viewership in Korea, where MLS added media deals with streamer Coupang Play and sports network SpoTV in aftermath of Son’s signing.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Paramount will argue that their absorption of Warner Bros Discovery has been in an effort to scale up to streamer competitors like Netflix and Amazon.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026
If ratified, the deal will be the third for the 60-person bargaining unit, which encompasses writers, producers and graphic artists at the streamer.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
Over the past seven months, local interest has surged and Freedman said LAFC has found a broadcast audience more than double the size of its existing global viewership in Korea, where MLS added media deals with streamer Coupang Play and sports network SpoTV in aftermath of Son’s signing.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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