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hipster

hipster

English

Noun

hipster (plural hipsters)

  1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest trends or fashions. [from earlier 20th c.]
    • c. 1954, Jack Kerouac, Untitled poem, in Book of Sketches, 1952-57, Penguin, 2006, p. 239,
      I, poor French Canadian Ti Jean become / a big sophisticated hipster esthete in / the homosexual arts []
  2. A member of Bohemian counterculture.
  3. An aficionado of jazz who considers himself or herself to be hip.
  4. Underwear with an elastic waistband at hip level.

Derived terms

Translations


French

Noun

hipster m, f (plural hipsters)

  1. hipster

Portuguese

Noun

hipster m f (plural hipsters)

  1. hipster (person interested in the latest trends)

Spanish

Etymology

English

Noun

hipster m (plural hipsters)

  1. hipster