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museumgoer

American  
[myoo-zee-uhm-goh-er] / mjuˈzi əmˌgoʊ ər /

noun

  1. a frequent visitor to museums.


Etymology

Origin of museumgoer

First recorded in 1925–30; museum + goer

Example Sentences

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She took a few more jaunty steps on her own before enlisting a passing museumgoer to join her.

From New York Times Jun. 14, 2022

At the Columbus Museum of Art, you’ll meet an eager, starry-eyed, complex human — Van Gogh the museumgoer, the lifelong student, the brother, the nature-lover, the empath.

From Washington Post Jan. 13, 2022

The average museumgoer may not realize that it took 12 trips to the Vatican for Bolton to present the idea and win over members of Pope Francis' inner circle.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2018

The museumgoer who touched was a woman or a child; the patriarchs shut things up in cases and then looked at them imprisoned.

From The New Yorker May 16, 2016

A museumgoer with explosive eyebrows standing beside a stone-faced statue.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2014

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