ball-goer

noun

One who attends a ball.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounball-goer (plural ball-goers)

plural ball-goers

  1. One who attends a ball.

    One veteran ball-goer imperiously asked, “What's to remember?” implying that it was just another night at the Plaza.

    2010, Deborah Davis, Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball, →ISBN, page 144

Origin

From ball + goer.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

ball-goer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-goer

MLA

“ball-goer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-goer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ball-goer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ball-goer.

Source: ball-goer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.