Symposiast

Origin

From the Ancient Greek συμποσιαστής (sumposiastēs, "a fellow-drinker”, “a boon-companion"), from συμπόσιον, whence symposium.

Full definition of symposiast

Noun

1. One engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
2. A participant in a symposium.
• 1997, Carl F. Cranor, “A Philosophy of Risk Assessment and the Law: A Case Study of the Role of Philosophy in Public Policy” in Philosophical Studies LXXXV, â„– 2/3, page 135:I can begin to speak to some of these issues and to the charge given the symposiasts by referencing some of my own work which for more than a decade addressed issues in or on the edge of one major public policy debate.