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film-goer

film-goer is the alternative form of filmgoer.

Meaning of filmgoer

Noun

filmgoer (plural filmgoers)

  1. (UK) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
    • Not trusting filmgoers to catch the drift, Ms. Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2018
    Synonyms:
    moviegoer

Forms of film-goer

pluralfilm-goers

Origin of film-goer

From film + goer.

Questions about film-goer

What is film-goer the alternative form of?
Film-goer is the alternative form of filmgoer.

Words near film-goer in the dictionary

  1. film strips
  2. film studies
  3. film tourism
  4. film-craft
  5. film-crafts
  6. film-goer
  7. film-goers
  8. film-maker
  9. film-makers
  10. film-set
  11. film-sets

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