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Definition of Headliner

1. Noun. A performer who receives prominent billing.

Definition of Headliner

1. Noun. The headlining band or performer at a concert; the best-known and first billed band, often performing as the final act of the evening. ¹

2. Noun. The interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Headliner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Headliner

Literary usage of Headliner

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

1. The International Socialist Review by Algie Martin Simons (1907)
"We may assume that the headliner believes that Socialists should live in huts and he is anxious to disseminate Socialist So-and-so's apparent sanction of ..."

2. The Construction of Roads and Pavements by Thomas Radford Agg (1916)
"There shall be for each head a cast-iron headliner 1 in. thick and conforming to ... This headliner shall be fastened to the head by seven %-in. cap-screws, ..."

3. The Construction of Roads and Pavements by Thomas Radford Agg (1916)
"There shall be for each head a cast-iron headliner 1 in. thick and conforming to ... This headliner shall be fastened to the head by seven %-in. cap-screws, ..."

4. Germany in War Time: What an American Girl Saw and Heard. by Mary Ethel McAuley (1917)
"The chills were running up and down my spine in our cold apartment, but this headliner froze me stiff. "Wilson Breaks with Germany. ..."

5. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"There shall be for each head a cast-iron headliner 1 in i thickness and conforming ... This headliner shall be fastened to the head by seven И-in cap-screws ..."

6. The Actors' Birthday Book: An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the by Johnson Briscoe (1908)
"She continued in this line for a number of years, the family finally working their way into the headliner class, from which they evolved into the Four ..."

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