A person who regularly watches movies in theaters or enjoys film as entertainment.
Compound of 'film' (from Latin 'filum' meaning thread, applied to celluloid strips) and 'goer' (from Old English 'gān' meaning to go). Emerged in early 20th century as cinema became popular.
This word perfectly captures how English builds new vocabulary by combining simple parts—as movies became a major entertainment form, English speakers invented 'filmgoer' just like we might say 'theatergoer' or 'concertgoer' today.
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