junketeer

junketeer
/jung'ki tear"/, n.
1. a person who goes on junkets, esp. regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.
v.i.
2. to go on a junket, esp. at government or another's expense: congressmen who regularly junketeer to Europe and the Far East.
[1815-25; JUNKET + -EER, on the model of coinages with -teer, often derogatory, as PROFITEER, RACKETEER]

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