"scenester" meaning in English

See scenester in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːnstɚ/ Forms: scenesters [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English scene Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English scenester From scene + -ster (“agent, person”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|scene|-ster<t:agent, person>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English scene Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English scenester [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-estre", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-estere", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ster", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "scenester", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="scenester"> From scene + -ster (“agent, person”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} scenester (plural scenesters)
  1. (music) A non-musician who is active in a particular musical scene, especially one whose involvement carries social status. Translations (non-musician active in musical scene): Fan [masculine] (German), Scene-Insider [masculine] (German), Anhänger [masculine] (German), Gefolge [neuter, plural, singular] (German), Entourage [feminine, plural, singular] (German), Anhängerschaft [feminine, plural, singular] (German), fan [masculine] (Polish), fanka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-scenester-en-noun-T72vNFtC Categories (other): Music, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ster, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ster: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'non-musician active in musical scene': 89 11
  2. (by extension) A person who associates themselves with a particular trending or fashionable cultural scene. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-scenester-en-noun-qfT-uuLg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fan, scene kid, groupie Derived forms: scenesterism

Inflected forms

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