playgoer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of playgoer
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But she was an avid playgoer, at least, and had acted a bit when she was young.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
The average Broadway playgoer attends nine shows per year; the average off-off-Broadway attendee attends 23, according to an unpublished 2015 study provided by the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2019
A playgoer is gratified to see how far out on a limb Artistic Director Michael Kahn is willing to go.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2016
But, whether you're a Goldman Sachs executive engaging in conspicuous consumption or a playgoer on a budget, people are spending money on Broadway.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2011
"You're merely a playgoer, then? Tell me, how did you like the play, a country lad like yourself?"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
