starrer

English

Etymology

From star +‎ -er.

Noun

starrer (plural starrers)

1. (UK, India) A film featuring a particular movie star.
   • 2016 June 19, “Another Anurag Kashyap film faces trouble”, in The Times of India‎^[1]:

     The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has refused to certify Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer 'Haraamkhor' objecting to its theme which deals with a student-teacher romance.

   • 2020 June 3, Andrew Pulver, “Cannes selects lineup for 2020 edition after 'physical' festival shelved”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Although the selection appears noticeably short of major Hollywood names – with studios clearly preferring to hedge their bets and keep product back till the post-pandemic situation is clearer – Cannes has the Kate Winslet/Saoirse Ronan starrer Ammonite, directed by British film-maker Francis Lee.

2. (in combination) Something meriting a rating of the specified number of stars.
   • 2008, Tarla Dalal, Exotic, page 12:

     Serve this platter with herbed pizza squares for a sumptuous starter. The interesting combination of lemon, honey and herbs in the dressing is what makes this starter and^[sic] real five-starrer!

Related terms

• multistarrer

Anagrams

• terrars

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Adjective

starrer

1. comparative degree of starr

Adjective

starrer

1. inflection of starr:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural