dress circle
dress circle noun: a gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Noun
dress circle (plural dress circles)
- A gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
- This concerned complaints arising under the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by blacks denied hotel accommodations in Kansas and Missouri, excluded from the ladies' car of a train in Tennessee, and barred from the dress circle of a theater in San Francisco and from the Grand Opera House of New York City.2019, Eric Foner, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
dress circle meaning in Tamil
dress circle in Tamil
- முன்மாடிக் கூடம்
Forms of dress circle
| plural | dress circles |
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Origin of dress circle
Formal dress clothing was generally worn in this gallery.
Questions about dress circle
- What does dress circle mean?
- Dress circle means a gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
- What is dress circle in Tamil?
- Dress circle in Tamil is முன்மாடிக் கூடம். See Dress circle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dress circle?
- Dress circle is a noun.
- What is the plural of dress circle?
- The plural of dress circle is dress circles.
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