"scenester" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːnstɚ/ Forms: scenesters [plural]
Etymology: From scene + -ster (“agent, person”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scene|ster|t2=agent, person}} 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. Categories (topical): Music 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)
    Sense id: en-scenester-en-noun-T72vNFtC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ster, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ster: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 80 20 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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