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C-list

C-list noun: an informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.

Noun

C-list (plural C-lists)

  1. An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.
    • In Prada he had nudged me discreetly to point out a C-list celebrity contemplating an overpriced pair of slip-ons.2002, Andrea Semple, The Ex-Factor, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of C-list

pluralC-lists

Words formed from C-list

Questions about C-list

What does C-list mean?
C-list means an informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.
What part of speech is C-list?
C-list is a noun.
What is the plural of C-list?
The plural of C-list is C-lists.

Words near C-list in the dictionary

  1. c-holes
  2. C-in-C
  3. C-in-Cs
  4. C-level
  5. C-levels
  6. C-list
  7. C-lister
  8. C-listers
  9. C-lists
  10. C-low
  11. c-machine

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