vaudevillian

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

/ vɔdˈvɪl yən, voʊd-, ˌvɔ də- /

noun

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

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of vaudeville.

Nearby words

vauban, vauch, vaucluse, vaud, vaudeville, vaudevillian, vaudois, vaughan, vaughan williams, vaughn, vault

Origin of vaudevillian

First recorded in 1925–30; vaudeville + -ian

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Examples from the Web for vaudevillian

But feverish speculation and the constant patter of Vaudevillian innuendo came to overshadow more serious business.
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British Dictionary definitions for vaudevillian

vaudevillian

/ (ˌvəʊdəˈvɪlɪən, ˌvɔː-) /

noun also: vaudevillist

a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville

adjective

of, characteristic of, or relating to vaudeville

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