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Tentpole
Meaning
Noun
●
In American English, Film, Television & Theater:
A
production that is
of
for its
,
, or investors.
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Origin
tentpole
English
pole
English
pole
Middle English (1100-1500)
pole
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
polus
Latin
πόλος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
tent
English
tent
Middle English (1100-1500)
tente
Middle English (1100-1500)
tente
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
tente
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
tenta
Latin
tinto
Spanish
tinctus
Latin
tingere
Latin
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