Noun

(en noun)

One who, or that which, consumes.

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

(economics) someone who trades money for goods as an individual.

This new system favours the consumer over the producer.

(biology) an organism that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.

Noun

(en noun)

A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson

, volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}

(US English) a traveling amusement park, called a funfair in UK English.