vaudevillistn.
/ˈvɔːd(ə)vɪlɪst//ˈvəʊd(ə)vɪlɪst/ A writer of vaudevilles.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > writer of
vaudevillist1839
revuist1905
society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [noun] > composer of songs
madrigallera1704
songwriter1721
monodist1751
madrigalist1789
songsmith1795
myriologist1848
vaudevillist1879
1839 Spirit of Times 20 Apr. 74/2 Paris swarms with scribblers of indifferent merit, authors of well founded pretensions, editors, stenographists, vaudevillists, translators, compilers, and correctors of work.
1879 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 478 Whilst the writer of comedy has grown too witty, the vaudevillist too stupid.
1892 Harper's Mag. Sept. 502/1 The untiring inventiveness of innumerable vaudevillists.
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n.1839