English

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Etymology

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From symphony +‎ goer.

Noun

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symphonygoer (plural symphonygoers)

  1. Someone who attends a symphony.
    • 1988 December 2, Michael Miner, “A Gentleman Among Jocks; Strike Tactics”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Certainly with the faculty, you have people who are operagoers and symphonygoers.
    • 1996, Merton P. Strommen, Five Cries of Grief[2], →ISBN, page 41:
      Mert and I are regular symphonygoers.
    • 2007, Michael D'Antonio, The State Boys Rebellion[3], →ISBN, page 188:
      A few of the symphonygoers who stood on the sidewalk began to understand what was going on and laughed.