playgoer

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/ˈpleɪˌɡəʊə/

noun

One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions.

“My mother and my sister were the playgoers of the household; they held season tickets to the local theatre.”

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounplaygoer (plural playgoers)

plural playgoers

  1. One who goes to plays; someone known to be a member of the audience at theatric productions.

    My mother and my sister were the playgoers of the household; they held season tickets to the local theatre.

    1 more example

    First nights are not what they were, even within the memory of playgoers who would be startled to hear anyone else refer to them as "elderly."

    1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who attends the theater

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APA

playgoer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playgoer

MLA

“playgoer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playgoer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playgoer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playgoer.

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