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Hollywoodite

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Etymology

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From Hollywood +‎ -ite.

Noun

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Hollywoodite (plural Hollywoodites)

  1. Synonym of Hollywoodian (someone who works in the film industry in Hollywood)
    • 1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities, Hearings, page 171:
      The PCA was demonstrably a Communist-front organization, and most of the Hollywoodites whom it rallied to its support were members of the Communist Party, some of them having been notorious as such for many years.