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jazzerati

jazzerati noun: people who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.

Noun

jazzerati pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) People who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.
    • Burns and Ward see their work as an attempt to reach beyond the factional discord of the “jazzerati” to introduce nonaficionados, and particularly younger Americans, to the story of one of the nation's most distinctive musical traditions.2000, U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, page 178

Origin of jazzerati

Blend of jazz + literati.

Questions about jazzerati

What does jazzerati mean?
Jazzerati means people who are considered the elite in the world of jazz music.
What part of speech is jazzerati?
Jazzerati is a noun.

Words near jazzerati in the dictionary

  1. jazzdom
  2. jazzed
  3. jazzed around
  4. jazzed up
  5. jazzer
  6. jazzerati
  7. jazzercise
  8. jazzercised
  9. jazzercises
  10. jazzercising
  11. jazzercize

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