zoot-suiterhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoot-suiter_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoot-suiter, n.
Revised 2017

zoot-suiternoun

  1. 1942–
    A person who wears a zoot suit; spec. a member of a group or gang of young men characterized by wearing zoot suits.
    Stressed as ˈzoot-suiter.
    1. 1942
      When they play this at the Trianon, and the ‘zoot’ suiters start swinging—well, brothers, it's like Fourth of July in a zoo with the lion and the tiger as joint masters of ceremonies.
      Indianapolis News 5 February 9/2
    2. 1952
      A group of zoot-suiters greeted me in passing. ‘Hey, now, daddy-o,’ they called.
      R. Ellison, Invisible Man xxiii. 366
    3. 1972
      It was almost twenty years [ago]... It was real bad then. We had B-girls and zoot-suiters and lots of crooks.
      J. Wambaugh, Blue Knight (1973) i. 18
    4. 2002
      Harvey Keitel, jiving like the last of the zoot-suiters.
      Vanity Fair April 218/1

Originally published as part of the entry for zoot suit, n.

zoot suit, n. was revised in June 2017.