vaudevillian

[vawd-vil-yuh n, vohd-, vaw-duh-]

noun

Also vaude·vil·list. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of vaudeville.

Origin of vaudevillian

First recorded in 1925–30; vaudeville + -ian

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British Dictionary definitions for vaudevillian

vaudevillian

noun also: vaudevillist

a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville

adjective

of, characteristic of, or relating to vaudeville

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Word Origin and History for vaudevillian

1913, from vaudeville + -ian.

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