noun Informal. 1.a card or ticket entitling the holder to purchase two tickets to a theatrical performance at a reduced price.
2.a coupon or offer entitling a person to purchase two items or services for approximately the price of one.
3.a person who belongs to two minority groups and can satisfy two quotas or appeal to two political constituencies, especially a black woman, who can be counted twice in a position she holds, as fulfilling a racial and a sexual quota.
Origin: 1885–90; from the phrase
two for (
the price of one, a nickel, etc.), with final (ər) humorously taken as
-er1; cf.
gofer