balletgoer

noun

bal·​let·​go·​er

ba-ˈlā-ˌgō-ər,

ˈba-ˌlā-

variants or ballet-goer

ba-ˈlā-ˌgō-ər 

ˈba-ˌlā-

plural balletgoers or ballet-goers

: a person who attends a ballet

Balletgoers are seeing, in effect, an entirely new company and finding new Kirov dancers to admire for their bold stage presences and refined ballet classicism.

—Jennifer Dunning, New York Times, 14 July 1989

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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