filmgoer

See also: film-goer

English

Etymology

From film +‎ goer.

Noun

filmgoer (plural filmgoers)

  1. (chiefly British) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
    Synonym: moviegoer
    • 2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 October 2018:
      Not trusting filmgoers to catch the drift, Ms. Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.