Definition of "auctioneer" []

• One that conducts an auction. (noun)
• To sell at auction. (verb-transitive)

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• "Ring announcer Bruce Buffer, who has a disturbing baby face with the high pompadour of an auctioneer from the cattle lots in Oklahoma, steps into the octagon to introduce the card."
• "The auctioneer is amazing, like something out of a Tex Avery cartoon, motormouthing a mile a minute."
• "Mark Jaffe, the Fort York auctioneer, is a gifted motormouth who runs his tongue 95mph with wit and wild abandon."