Definition of Playgoer

1. Noun. Someone who attends the theater.

Exact synonyms: Theatergoer, Theatregoer
Group relationships: Audience
Specialized synonyms: First-nighter, Groundling
Generic synonyms: Looker, Spectator, Viewer, Watcher, Witness

Definition of Playgoer

1. n. One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

Definition of Playgoer

1. Noun. One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Playgoer

1. one who attends the theater [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Playgoer

playfight
playfighting
playfights
playfought
playfriend
playfriends
playful
playfull
playfuller
playfully
playfulness
playfulnesses
playgame
playgirl
playgirls
playgoer (current term)
playgoers
playgoing
playgoings
playground
playground ball
playground taunt
playground taunts
playgrounds
playgroup
playgroups
playhouse
playhouses
playin'
playing

Literary usage of Playgoer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... Spring of 1792 and Alice W The East India House—" Mr. Guy "—Lamb as a playgoer. LAMB left Christ's Hospital on November 23rd, 1789, aged nearly fifteen. ..."

2. Imaginary Obligations by Frank Moore Colby (1908)
"PART IV ADVENTURES OF A playgoer ON SEEING TEN BAD PLAYS HAD I an artist's soul I should be somewhat soured by what I have gone through. ..."

3. Reminiscences of J. L. Toole by John Lawrence Toole, Joseph Hatton (1889)
"A little London boy in the country—Truant and playgoer in the city—East-end and city ... playgoer ..."

4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"John Philip Kemble—how gloriously that name rings in an old playgoer's ear!—no need to write half a dozen lines here of him. He was long upon the old York ..."

5. The Life of Charles Lamb by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... Spring of 1792 and Alice W The East India House—" Mr. Guy "—Lamb as a playgoer. LAMB left Christ's Hospital on November 23rd, 1789, aged nearly fifteen. ..."

6. Imaginary Obligations by Frank Moore Colby (1908)
"PART IV ADVENTURES OF A playgoer ON SEEING TEN BAD PLAYS HAD I an artist's soul I should be somewhat soured by what I have gone through. ..."

7. Reminiscences of J. L. Toole by John Lawrence Toole, Joseph Hatton (1889)
"A little London boy in the country—Truant and playgoer in the city—East-end and city ... playgoer ..."

8. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"John Philip Kemble—how gloriously that name rings in an old playgoer's ear!—no need to write half a dozen lines here of him. He was long upon the old York ..."

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