There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun Z-lister. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
The earliest known use of the noun Z-lister is in the 1990s.
OED's only evidence for Z-lister is from 1999, in the Sunday Mirror.
Nearby entries
- zizyphus, n.?1440–
- zizz, v.1883–
- zizz, int. & n.1824–
- zizzing, n.1884–
- zizzing, adj.1919–
- zizzy, adj.1843–
- Zlid, n.1616–1785
- Z'life, n.1689
- Z line, n.1916–
- Z-list, n. & adj.1979–
- Z-lister, n.1999–
- zloty, n.1915–
- Zn, n.1814–
- -zoa, comb. form
- -zoan, comb. form
- zoantharian, adj. & n.1887–
- zoanthid, n.1870–
- zoanthidan, adj.1888–
- zoanthodeme, n.1877–
- zoanthoid, adj.1854–
- zoanthropic, adj.1891–
1999–
A person on a (notional) Z-list.
Stressed as ˈZ-lister.
1999
The Z-listers desperate enough to take part in Night Fever's Abba Special earlier on Channel 5.
Sunday Mirror 10 October (Features section) 55/1
Originally published as part of the entry for Z-list, n. & adj.
Z-lister, n. was first published in 2002.
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