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first-nighter

first·night·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [furst-nahy-ter]
    • /ˈfɜrstˈnaɪ tər/
    • /ˈfɜːst ˈnaɪ.tə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [furst-nahy-ter]
    • /ˈfɜrstˈnaɪ tər/

Definitions of first-nighter word

  • noun first-nighter a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night. 1
  • noun first-nighter a member of an opening night audience, esp one who habitually attends first nights 0
  • noun first-nighter a person who attends the opening performance of a play, opera, etc., esp. one who regularly attends first nights 0
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Origin of first-nighter

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; first night + -er1

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Parts of speech for First-nighter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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first-nighter popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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