top-billedadj.

Brit.

/ˌtɒpˈbɪld/, U.S.

/ˌtɑpˈbɪld/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, billed adj.²

Etymology: < top n.¹ + billed adj.² Compare earlier top of the bill n. and later topbill v.

Of a person: at top of the bill of a show, play, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [adjective] > type of performer > star

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1935 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 25 Apr. 1/3 (heading) Buckeye speedster listed with top-billed stars.

1937 Variety 28 Apr. 70/4 Comedy..very tame and disjointed. Latter accounted for by fact Billy (Boob) Reed, topbilled comedian, jumped the show coupla nights before.

1975 Newsweek 20 Oct. 116/2 The top-billed stars of ‘Space: 1999’ are Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, the real-life husband and wife who last teamed up in ‘Mission: Impossible’.

2015 N.Y. Mag. 21 Sept. 131/1 Top-billed Emily Blunt in combat apparel stands in the foreground of the poster for Sicario.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	top-billed
释义	top-billedadj. Brit. /ˌtɒpˈbɪld/, U.S. /ˌtɑpˈbɪld/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, billed adj.² Etymology: < top n.¹ + billed adj.² Compare earlier top of the bill n. and later topbill v. Of a person: at top of the bill of a show, play, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [adjective] > type of performer > star starry1829 starring1833 co-starring1902 1935 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 25 Apr. 1/3 (heading) Buckeye speedster listed with top-billed stars. 1937 Variety 28 Apr. 70/4 Comedy..very tame and disjointed. Latter accounted for by fact Billy (Boob) Reed, topbilled comedian, jumped the show coupla nights before. 1975 Newsweek 20 Oct. 116/2 The top-billed stars of ‘Space: 1999’ are Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, the real-life husband and wife who last teamed up in ‘Mission: Impossible’. 2015 N.Y. Mag. 21 Sept. 131/1 Top-billed Emily Blunt in combat apparel stands in the foreground of the poster for Sicario. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < adj.1935
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