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dancegoer

dancegoer noun: a person who attends either a dance or a dance performance.

Noun

dancegoer (plural dancegoers)

  1. A person who attends either a dance or a dance performance.
    • If the score is in a traditional mode, some dancegoers will complain that it sentimentalizes the dancing; if experimental, other dancegoers will call it distracting noise.1997, Jack Anderson, Choreography Observed, page 246
    • As a dancegoer, I feel I have much to learn from watching this company; I hope others feel the same.2009 January 23, Alastair Macaulay, “Finally Arriving in Manhattan, With Balanchine as Its Calling Card”, in New York Times

Forms of dancegoer

pluraldancegoers

Origin of dancegoer

From dance + goer.

Questions about dancegoer

What does dancegoer mean?
Dancegoer means a person who attends either a dance or a dance performance.
What part of speech is dancegoer?
Dancegoer is a noun.
What is the plural of dancegoer?
The plural of dancegoer is dancegoers.

Words near dancegoer in the dictionary

  1. danced with the devil
  2. dancefest
  3. dancefests
  4. dancefloor
  5. dancefloors
  6. dancegoer
  7. dancegoers
  8. dancegoing
  9. dancehall
  10. dancehalls
  11. Dancel

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