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ECDYSIAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ecdysiast mean?
• ECDYSIAST (noun)
The noun ECDYSIAST has 1 sense:
1. a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
Familiarity information: ECDYSIAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ecdysiast; exotic dancer; peeler; stripper; striptease; striptease artist; stripteaser
Hypernyms ("ecdysiast" is a kind of...):
performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)
Instance hyponyms:
Gypsy Rose Lee; Lee; Rose Louise Hovick (United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970))
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