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Definition of "filmgoer" [filmgoer]

  • One who goes to see movies; a moviegoer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "filmgoer" in a sentence
  • "Outside his pursuit of literature as a professional he had an abiding interest in all the arts, being a keen concert -, gallery - and filmgoer."
  • "Strangely, I've built up a resistance to this strain so the sort of movie that would send the average and perfectly intelligent and discerning filmgoer running in dismay doesn't immediately exhaust me."
  • "Especially rampant in Romania, it's the tendency of directors to favor exceptionally long takes that follow mundane action to a punishing degree as far as the average filmgoer is concerned."