first-nighter has definitions from the fields of theater,performing arts
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[ noun ] (theater,performing arts) someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

At the end of the performance , Dave and Max came_out into the brilliantly lit foyer among a surge of gowned and tuxedoed first_nighters .

Related terms

playgoer

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