Definition of "cabaret" []

• A restaurant or nightclub providing short programs of live entertainment. (noun)
• The floor show presented by such a restaurant or nightclub. (noun)

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• "The Dutch are quite keen on what they call cabaret, and the artists known as cabaretiers."
• "Even more than related musical forms, like jazz, the definition of "cabaret" is constantly changing and eternally subjective, and these two series are at the heart of that debate."
• "The veteran headliner, who has sung in jazz clubs, theaters, concert halls and, most famously, in eight major Broadway shows, feels that cabaret is primarily a "place" and not necessarily a style."