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Definition of cabaret:
- A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.
- a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.
- In the United States, a cafe or restaurant where the guests are entertained by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns; hence, an entertainment of this nature.
- the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{ 2}.
Synonyms:
order, supper club, ball club, burlesque, comedy, golf club, brasserie, corporate hospitality, social club, nine, boîte, Chinese, air show, nightclub, lodge, baseball club, society, roadhouse, nitery, bistro, bullfight, café, clubhouse, bar, cafeteria, floor show, gild, hospitality, guild, canteen, light show, restaurant, carryout, karaoke, nightspot, night club, club, light entertainment, buffet, floorshow.
Usage examples:
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Tournefort, who had watched the brief little incident from behind the window of a neighbouring cabaret, could not help but chuckle to himself.
- "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel", Baroness Orczy. -
And finding Mrs. Bagwell waiting at the office after dinner, away she and I to a cabaret where she and I have eat before, and there I had her company 'tout' and had 'mon plaisir' of 'elle'.
- "Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright", Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke. -
Whether in the street or in a cabaret or in the drawing- room, it " clings."
- "Further Foolishness", Stephen Leacock.