Chautauqua
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks. historical
"What is in mind is a sort of Chautauqua—that's the only name I can think of for it—like the traveling tent-show Chautauquas that used to move across America, this America, the one that we are now in, an old-time series of popular talks intended to edify and entertain, improve the mind and bring culture and enlightenment to the ears and thoughts of the hearer."
- 2 Alternative form of Chautauqua. alt-of, alternative
"As a boy, Sandburg was thrilled by the circus, the chautauqua, the minstrel show, the theater."
- 1 A town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"What is in mind is a sort of Chautauqua—that's the only name I can think of for it—like the traveling tent-show Chautauquas that used to move across America, this America, the one that we are now in, an old-time series of popular talks intended to edify and entertain, improve the mind and bring culture and enlightenment to the ears and thoughts of the hearer."
Etymology
From Erie [Term?].