Definition beatnik in British English

beatnik noun

[countable] noun

/ˈbiːtnɪk/

a young person in the late 1950s and early 1960s who did not accept the usual ideas and rules of society and who dressed and behaved in a different way from other people in order to emphasize this.

Synonyms and related words

a rolling stone beatnik bohemian

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