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tastemaker

tastemaker noun: a trendsetter with respect to taste.

Noun

tastemaker (plural tastemakers)

  1. A trendsetter with respect to taste.
    • The tastemakers have just discovered his work.
    • SMILE WHEN YOU CALL AN ART worldling a "tastemaker." […] Where previous great tastemakers such as the Steins, the artist Marcel Duchamp and the dealer Alfred Stieglitz were dedicated amateurs, few in number, today there are swarms of them whose interests are professional or commercial.1987 August 30, Grace Glueck, “Tastemakers”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2023

Forms of tastemaker

pluraltastemakers

Origin of tastemaker

From taste + maker.

Questions about tastemaker

What does tastemaker mean?
Tastemaker means a trendsetter with respect to taste.
What part of speech is tastemaker?
Tastemaker is a noun.
What is the plural of tastemaker?
The plural of tastemaker is tastemakers.

Words near tastemaker in the dictionary

  1. tastefulness
  2. tasteless
  3. tastelessly
  4. tastelessness
  5. tastelessnesses
  6. tastemaker
  7. tastemakers
  8. tastemaking
  9. taster
  10. tasters
  11. tastes

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