Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who goes to see movies; a moviegoer.
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- noun A
moviegoer .
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Examples
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Gorey, a dedicated filmgoer, writes about them in exhaustive and perceptive detail.
Gorey's Flights of Fancy Karen Wilkin 2011
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The King s Speech is an extremely well-made film with a seductive human interest plot, very prettily calculated to appeal to the smarter filmgoer and the...
'King's Speech' Is 'Riddled With Gross Falsifications Of History,' Christopher Hitchens Writes Slate 2011
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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.
Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011
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Keshavarz does not lead the filmgoer to any moral conclusion.
Natalie Pace: Parties and Promiscuity in a Police State Natalie Pace 2011
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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.
Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011
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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.
Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011
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Outside his pursuit of literature as a professional he had an abiding interest in all the arts, being a keen concert -, gallery - and filmgoer.
Translation 2010
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Outside his pursuit of literature as a professional he had an abiding interest in all the arts, being a keen concert -, gallery - and filmgoer.
A Different Stripe: 2009
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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.
Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Eleven: Ryan Gosling Wows With "Drive" And More! Michael Giltz 2011
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Keshavarz does not lead the filmgoer to any moral conclusion.
Natalie Pace: Parties and Promiscuity in a Police State Natalie Pace 2011
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