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Definition of Burlesquer
1. n. One who burlesques.
Definition of Burlesquer
1. Noun. A burlesque performer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burlesquer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burlesquer
Literary usage of Burlesquer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1911)
"... he will warn his readers of the dangers of excess, whether in sport or other
college "activities"; and so on. George Ade, although frankly a burlesquer ..."
2. Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang (1906)
"Her specialty is incongruity, for Marie Dressler is a burlesquer in thought, ...
and being a burlesquer she is of necessity absolutely without illusions. ..."
3. Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train (1920)
""Naw! I tell yer I was walkin' wit' me goil !" "What is the lady's name?"
"Miss Malone." "What is her occupation?" "She's a gay burlesquer. ..."
4. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"And again the Guild tried with a revival of "The Rivals," with Walter Hampden,
Mary Boland and Bobby Clark, the burlesquer, playing Sir Anthony Absolute, ..."
5. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1916)
"What the burlesquer said of the Puritans neatly expresses the contempt felt by
his namesake. A sect whose chief devotion lies In odd, perverse antipathies, ..."
6. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"The caricatures included a parody of Hogarth's ' March to Finchley,' and a plate
called ' The burlesquer burlesqued,' in which Hogarth is represented as a ..."
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