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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Since select streamers are offering free trials and limited-time discounts, viewers can watch both the New Year’s Day parade and football bowl game at no cost; keep reading to learn more about each option.
—Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Canal+ also has distribution deals in place with Netflix and could become an important player if Netflix’s acquisition of WBD goes through, which will give Netflix control over two of the world’s biggest streamers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Video game streamers like Rani Netz, known online as Stable Ronaldo, and Adin Ross have also spread the industry plant narrative.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Netflix released the trailer for the two-hour and eight-minute series finale, which drops in theaters and on the streamer New Year's Eve.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Canal+ also has distribution deals in place with Netflix and could become an important player if Netflix’s acquisition of WBD goes through, which will give Netflix control over two of the world’s biggest streamers.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
Video game streamers like Rani Netz, known online as Stable Ronaldo, and Adin Ross have also spread the industry plant narrative.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
Netflix released the trailer for the two-hour and eight-minute series finale, which drops in theaters and on the streamer New Year's Eve.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Streamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streamer. Accessed 7 Jan. 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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