Hepcat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang A performer or devotee of swing and jazz, especially during the 1940s.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.
  • n. A person associated with the jazz subculture of the 1940s and 1950s; a hipster.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who performs jazz music.
  • n. A person who is hep or hip; same as hipster; -- an older term becoming dated and less used.
    • Word Usage
    "The OED isn't much help; it traces the word back to the 1940s and offers "hepcat" as its rough equivalent."
    Cross Reference
    beatnik    bebopper   
    Variant
    hipster   
     
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