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ecdysiasts:
A striptease artist. (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.)
(Business / Professions) a facetious word for stripper [1]
[(coined by H. L. Mencken) from ecdysis + -ast, variant of -ist] (Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003)
Noun 1. ecdysiastecdysiast – a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
exotic dancer, peeler, striptease, striptease artist, stripteaser, stripper
performer, performing artist – an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience
