galleryite

[ gal-uh-ree-ahyt, gal-ree- ]

noun

1. a spectator, as in a theater gallery or at a golf match.

Word History and Origins

Origin of galleryite¹

First recorded in 1890–95; gallery + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

At Atlanta's Black Rock Course�where a galleryite last winter offered Sam Snead a prewar ball for his match with Byron Nelson, in exchange for an autograph�draining of a big lake yielded 16,000 waterlogged pellets for reprocessing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both writer and painter do have a common purpose: the writer, to amuse, to shock, to entertain the reader; the painter, to amuse, to shock, to entertain the galleryite: both in-tend to jar your emotions.

From Time Magazine Archive