Definition of Theatregoer

1. Noun. Someone who attends the theater.

Exact synonyms: Playgoer, Theatergoer
Group relationships: Audience
Specialized synonyms: First-nighter, Groundling
Generic synonyms: Looker, Spectator, Viewer, Watcher, Witness

Definition of Theatregoer

1. Noun. someone who attends the theatre, especially one who does so regularly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theatregoer

theatine
theatral
theatre-goer
theatre-goers
theatre-going
theatre-in-the-round
theatre blues
theatre curtain
theatre director
theatre in the round
theatre of operations
theatre of war
theatre stage
theatre ticket
theatregoer (current term)
theatregoers
theatregoing
theatreland
theatreless
theatremaker
theatremakers
theatres
theatres of war
theatrewide
theatric
theatrical
theatrical agent
theatrical film
theatrical performance

Literary usage of Theatregoer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Valencia and Murcia: A Glance at African Spain by Albert Frederick Calvert (1911)
"The theatregoer of Murviedro had little to complain of in the old days. If the play was tedious, he could turn his eye to the beautiful scenery that lay ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1905)
"Indispensable to every enthusiastic theatregoer. . . . Any regular theatregoer may be pardoned a great deal of enthusiasm for a book of this kind.'—TATLER. ..."

3. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"To imagine that the American theatregoer actually believes for one moment that a French ... The truth, of course, is that the American theatregoer is, ..."

4. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"... in such a play as "The King" inspires the theatregoer to the commission ... the theatregoer to the commission of suicide by jumping out of the window. ..."

5. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"The average theatregoer is in his seat at 8 :1o. What has he to look at? The drop-curtain. Before the play starts, therefore, he has been looking at that ..."

6. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"The average theatregoer is in his seat at 8 :1o. What has he to look at? The drop-curtain. Before the play starts, therefore, he has been looking at that ..."

7. The Natural Way in Moral Training: Four Modes of Nurture by Patterson DuBois (1903)
"Of course, if a habitual theatregoer were to see on the street a real Othello attempting to strangle his wife, he would not remain as passive as he does in ..."

8. The Natural Way in Moral Training: Four Modes of Nurture by Patterson DuBois (1903)
"Of course, if a habitual theatregoer were to see on the street a real Othello attempting to strangle his wife, he would not remain as passive as he does in ..."

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