English noun: singer |
| 1. | singer (person) a person who sings |
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| Synonyms | vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | instrumentalist, musician, player |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alto, balladeer, baritone, barytone, bass, basso, canary, caroler, caroller, castrato, chorister, contralto, crooner, folk singer, hummer, jongleur, lieder singer, madrigalist, minstrel, opera star, operatic star, poet-singer, rapper, rock star, songster, soprano, tenor, thrush, torch singer, troubadour, voice, warbler, yodeller |
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| Instance hyponym | Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, B. B. King, Bailey, Barbra Joan Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Cash, Chevalier, Dean Martin, Dietrich, Dino Paul Crocetti, Dylan, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Merman, Ethel Waters, Fitzgerald, Garland, Hank Williams, Harry Lauder, Hiram King Williams, Hiram Williams, Horne, Huddie Leadbetter, Iglesias, Jackson, Jackson, Janis Joplin, John Cash, Johnny Cash, Jolson, Joplin, Judy Garland, Julio Iglesias, Kate Smith, Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, King, Lauder, Leadbelly, Ledbetter, Lena Calhoun Horne, Lena Horne, Lillian Russell, Little Sparrow, Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone, Mahalia Jackson, Maria Magdalene von Losch, Marlene Dietrich, Marley, Martin, Maurice Chevalier, Merman, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson, Orbison, Paul Bustill Robeson, Paul Robeson, Paul Simon, Pearl Bailey, Pearl Mae Bailey, Piaf, Riley B King, Robert Nesta Marley, Robeson, Roy Orbison, Russell, Sarah Vaughan, Simon, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Smith, Smith, Streisand, Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynetter Pugh, Vaughan, Waters, Williams, Wynette |
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| 2. | Singer (person) United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875) |
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| Synonyms | Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer |
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| Instance hypernym | artificer, discoverer, inventor, manufacturer, producer |
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| 3. | Singer (person) United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991) |
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| Synonyms | Isaac Bashevis Singer |
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| Instance hypernym | author, writer |
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