[ad. F. vaudevilliste (1735), f. vaudeville: see prec.] A writer of vaudevilles.
1808. Ipswich Jrnl., 12 March, 4/2. The Dramatic Authors in Paris lately amounted to 2142, comprehending tragic and comic Poets, Melo-dramatists, Mono-dramatists, Vaudevillists, Parodists, and Pantomimists.
1879. Gentl. Mag., Oct., 478. Whilst the writer of comedy has grown too witty, the vaudevillist too stupid.
1892. Harper’s Mag., Sept., 502/1. The untiring inventiveness of innumerable vaudevillists.
