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boomer † 
1 n. a person who boosts or promotes a town, undertaking, etc.
See also: boom ((3)) ((v.)) (def. 2)
- 1889 (1964) A Herald reporter was told . . . that the amount of badgering and lying they were subjected to by land speculators and professional boomers along the line . . . was simply torturing.
- 1898 At Edmonton he met the effusive and erstwhile boomer, Macdougal, the mayor of the town.
2 n. a person who moves from one job to another, originally one who took advantage of boomer days.
- 1893 (1955) "Boomers" of every description were seen coming down the hills and up the valleys.
- 1960 About one in ten was a boomer, seldom staying in town longer than was required to stake himself to a move to the town beyond. . . .
- 1966 It was the next year, 1866, that . . . Allan arrived in Barkerville with another boomer called Warren Lambert.
- 1889 (1964) A Herald reporter was told . . . that the amount of badgering and lying they were subjected to by land speculators and professional boomers along the line . . . was simply torturing.