playgoer

noun

playgoer

noun

/ˈpleɪˌɡəʊə/

Etymology From play + goer.

1

One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions.

  • My mother and my sister were the playgoers of the household; they held season tickets to the local theatre.
  • First nights are not what they were, even within the memory of playgoers who would be startled to hear anyone else refer to them as "elderly."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

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