different between performer vs hepcat

English

Etymology

perform +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)

Noun

performer (plural performers)

1. One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.
2. One who performs or does anything.

   Synonym: (obsolete, rare) performant

Hyponyms

• kinker

Translations

Anagrams

• reperform

Spanish

Noun

performer m or f (plural performeres)

1. performer

English

Alternative forms

• hep cat, hep-cat

Etymology

From hep +? cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.

Noun

hepcat (plural hepcats)

1. (informal, music) A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
2. (informal, dated, now often humorous) A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s.

   Synonym: hepster
3. (informal, dated) A sophisticated person, one who is stylish.

See also

• beatnik
• bebopper
• cool cat

References

Anagrams

• paceth