C-list

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.

    "In Prada he had nudged me discreetly to point out a C-list celebrity contemplating an overpriced pair of slip-ons."

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"In Prada he had nudged me discreetly to point out a C-list celebrity contemplating an overpriced pair of slip-ons."

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C-lister

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