headliner
noun
head·lin·er
ˈhed-ˌlī-nər 
1
: the principal performer in a show : star
broadly
: personality sense 4b
2
: fabric covering the inside of the roof of an automobile
Examples of headliner in a Sentence
He was the headliner at a local night club.
a headliner on variety shows in the early days of TV
Recent Examples on the Web
The tour actually starts with the Coachella festival, where Post will presumably be a headliner on Sunday nights of the two-weekend event, but the proper tour begins on April 29 at Salt Lake City’s Rice-Eccles Stadium.
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The Sam/Joel relationship is arguably the headliner when talking about why Somebody Somewhere is such a winner of a show.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
But he’s been a bankable festival headliner for years and has been rubbing shoulders with the top-tier of artists for even longer.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Broncos at Ravens might be the headliner among the 1:00 p.m. ET slate, followed by Cowboys at Falcons and Dolphins at Bills.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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Jem Aswad, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The Sam/Joel relationship is arguably the headliner when talking about why Somebody Somewhere is such a winner of a show.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
But he’s been a bankable festival headliner for years and has been rubbing shoulders with the top-tier of artists for even longer.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Broncos at Ravens might be the headliner among the 1:00 p.m. ET slate, followed by Cowboys at Falcons and Dolphins at Bills.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Headliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headliner. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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