"vaudevillian" meaning in English

See vaudevillian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more vaudevillian [comparative], most vaudevillian [superlative]
Etymology: From vaudeville + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vaudeville|ian}} vaudeville + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} vaudevillian (comparative more vaudevillian, superlative most vaudevillian)
  1. Pertaining to vaudeville Coordinate_terms: burlesque
    Sense id: en-vaudevillian-en-adj-lvP1rAiS

Noun

Forms: vaudevillians [plural]
Etymology: From vaudeville + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vaudeville|ian}} vaudeville + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} vaudevillian (plural vaudevillians)
  1. (US) Someone who performs in vaudeville. Tags: US Categories (topical): Musicians, People Synonyms: villian
    Sense id: en-vaudevillian-en-noun-UBLewX8Z Disambiguation of Musicians: 3 97 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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