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vaudeville definition

vaude·ville (vôd′vil, väd′-; vô′də-, vä′də-)

noun

  1. ☆
    1. a stage show consisting of mixed specialty acts, including songs, dances, comic skits, acrobatic performances, etc.
    2. this branch of entertainment generally
  2. Now Rare a comic theatrical piece interspersed with songs and dances
  3. Obsolete a satirical or topical song, often with pantomime

Etymology: Fr, earlier vau-de-vire, after Vau-de-Vire, the valley of the Vire (in Normandy), famous for light, convivial songs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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