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cabaret

[kab-uh-rey, kab-uh-ret]

noun

  1. a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.

  2. a caf é that serves food and drink and offers entertainment often of an improvisatory, satirical, and topical nature.

    Synonyms: , ,
  3. a floor show consisting of such entertainment.

    The cover charge includes dinner and a cabaret.

  4. a form of theatrical entertainment, consisting mainly of political satire in the form of skits, songs, and improvisations.

    an actress whose credits include cabaret, TV, and dinner theater.

  5. a decoratively painted porcelain coffee or tea service with tray, produced especially in the 18th century.

  6. Archaic.a shop selling wines and liquors.



verb (used without object)

cabareted, cabareting 
  1. to attend or frequent cabarets.

cabaret

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

noun

  1. a floor show of dancing, singing, or other light entertainment at a nightclub or restaurant

  2. a nightclub or restaurant providing such entertainment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cabaret1

1625–35; < French: tap-room, Middle French dial. ( Picard or Walloon) < Middle Dutch, denasalized variant of cambret, cameret < Picard camberete small room (cognate with French chambrette; chamber, -ette )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cabaret1

C17: from Norman French: tavern, probably from Late Latin camera an arched roof, chamber
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With that, the die is cast, destiny is in motion and Mary Todd Lincoln gets her long-awaited Tony for her cabaret prowess.

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Comedy, music, dance, children's shows, magic and cabaret will all be part of the arts festival, which runs from August 1 to 25.

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Bridget Everett, creator of HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,” plays Sam, a cabaret singer who moves back to her family’s sleepy Kansas town to take care of her dying sister.

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This is, after all, the same woman who spun a failed marriage leading to a drunken arrest into gold, discovering a new life and career path with a hit cabaret tour and music career.

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The first short documentary she produced, “Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies,” explored aging cabaret dancers and received an Academy Award nomination.

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