C-list

English

Noun

C-list (plural C-lists)

  1. An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.
    • 2002, Andrea Semple, The Ex-Factor, →ISBN, page 4:
      In Prada he had nudged me discreetly to point out a C-list celebrity contemplating an overpriced pair of slip-ons.

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