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What (who) is BARNSTORMER - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Barnstorming (disambiguation); Barnstorm; Barnstormers; Barnstormer (disambiguation); Barnstorm (disambiguation)
Barnstormer
·add. ·noun An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities.
barnstorm
¦ verb chiefly N. Amer.
1. tour rural districts giving theatrical performances, formerly often in barns.
travel around giving exhibitions of flying and performing aeronautical stunts.
2. make a rapid tour as part of a political campaign.
Derivatives
barnstormer noun
barnstorm
(barnstorms, barnstorming, barnstormed)
When people such as politicians or performers barnstorm, they travel around the country making speeches or giving shows. (AM)
He barnstormed across the nation, rallying the people to the cause...
The president travels thousands of miles as he barnstorms the country.
...his barnstorming campaign for the governorship of Louisiana.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n, V-ing, also V
Wikipedia
Barnstormer
Barnstormer, Barnstorm or Barnstorming may refer to:
Examples of use of BARNSTORMER
1. So impressed are the political classes by Cameron‘s showings at the dispatch box, his role as media barnstormer and undertaker to the Thatcher legacy, that the toff issue has simply been off the menu.
2. Without wishing to pre–empt matters, the smart money is buying shares in Pro Plus today and, with Charlie promising a barnstormer from the same podium, reflux looks likely to ensue.
3. Marina Hyde Tuesday September 27, 2005 The Guardian It is not explicitly stated in one of the many amendments to the US constitution that the State of the Union address must be given in the evening, in order that its citizens can get through it by playing a drinking game (drink once for the word "terrorists", twice if it‘s pronounced with vowels). But as the prime minister prepares to deliver his barnstormer to the Labour conference this afternoon, I am unexpectedly struck by the comparative humanity of a nation that does not brook these kind of outpourings until after cocktail hour.