zoot suiter

American  

noun

1. a person who wears a zoot suit.

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Etymology

Origin of zoot suiter

First recorded in 1940–45; zoot suit + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Valdez first used the character of a zoot suiter to represent La Luna, the Moon, in his allegorical play “Bernabé.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

And this Brother Tod Clifton, the youth leader, looked somehow like a hipster, a zoot suiter, a sharpie—except his head of Persian lamb's wool had never known a straightener.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison