Hollywoodian

American  

[hol-ee-wood-ee-uhn, hol-ee-wood-] / ˈhɒl iˌwʊd i ən, ˌhɒl iˈwʊd- /

noun

1. a person who works for the motion-picture industry located in Hollywood, Calif.

2. a person born or living in Hollywood, Calif.

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adjective

1. of, suitable to, or characteristic of the motion-picture industry or of the people who work in it, especially in Hollywood, Calif.

Etymology

Origin of Hollywoodian

First recorded in 1930–35; Hollywood + -ian

Example Sentences

When radio first went Hollywood, microphone men were glad to put any Hollywoodian on the air any time.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in the next nine on the list, there was only one Hollywoodian, Movie Director Preston Sturges.*

From Time Magazine Archive

Gunzburg, a mild little man of 42 whom one Hollywoodian has dubbed "the least likely Messiah in the history of hope," saw some home movies he had shot in 3-D, and had a great idea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Closest crony and bitterest critic of Director La Cava, now 49, is another unreconstructed Hollywoodian, one W. C. Fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Better not touch that hull, pal, it's hot," boomed a voice in a Hollywoodian tone.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.