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legitimate theatre

legitimate theatre is the alternative form of legitimate theater.

Meaning of legitimate theater

Noun

legitimate theater (countable and uncountable, plural legitimate theaters)

  1. (uncountable) Serious drama, as opposed to farce or musical theater.
    • [while watching "Planet of the Apes", the musical] I love legitimate theater1996, Jack Barth, “A Fish Called Selma”, in The Simpsons, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)
  2. (countable) A theater that performs serious dramas.

Forms of legitimate theatre

plurallegitimate theatres

Questions about legitimate theatre

What is legitimate theatre the alternative form of?
Legitimate theatre is the alternative form of legitimate theater.

Words near legitimate theatre in the dictionary

  1. legitimate fertilizations
  2. legitimate interest
  3. legitimate interests
  4. legitimate theater
  5. legitimate theaters
  6. legitimate theatre
  7. legitimated
  8. legitimately
  9. legitimateness
  10. legitimates
  11. legitimating

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