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vo·cal·ist

(vō′kə-lĭst)

A singer.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

vocalist

(ˈvəʊkəlɪst)

(Music, other) a singer, esp one who regularly appears with a jazz band or pop group

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

vo•cal•ist

(ˈvoʊ kə lɪst)

n.

a singer.

[1605–15]

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Noun

vocalist - a person who sings

singer, vocaliser, vocalizer

alto - a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef

baritone, barytone - a male singer

basso, bass - an adult male singer with the lowest voice

canary - a female singer

caroler, caroller - a singer of carols

castrato - a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

chorister - a singer in a choir

contralto - a woman singer having a contralto voice

balladeer, crooner - a singer of popular ballads

folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour - a singer of folk songs

hummer - a singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words

lieder singer - a singer of lieder

madrigalist - a singer of madrigals

instrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)

opera star, operatic star - singer of lead role in an opera

rapper - someone who performs rap music

rock star - a famous singer of rock music

songster - a person who sings

soprano - a female singer

tenor - an adult male with a tenor voice

thrush - a woman who sings popular songs

torch singer - a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs

voice - (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"

warbler - a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

yodeller - a singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs)

vocalist

noun singer, soloist, crooner, chanteuse (fem.), songster or songstress the band's lead vocalist

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

vocalist

noun

A person who sings:

singer, songster, songstress, voice.

Translations

مُغَنِّ، مُنْشِد

-čkazpěvák

sanger

Sänger

chanteur

énekesénekesnő

söngvari

vocalist

[ˈvəʊkəlɪst] N (in cabaret) → vocalista mf; (in pop group) → cantante mf

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vocalist

[ˈvəʊkəlɪst] n → chanteur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vocalist

n → Sänger(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vocalist

[ˈvəʊkəlɪst] n → cantante m/f (in un gruppo)

vocal

(ˈvəukəl) adjective

1. of, or concerning, the voice. vocal music.

2. (of a person) talkative; keen to make one's opinions heard by other people. He's always very vocal at meetings.

voˈcally adverb

ˈvocalist noun

a singer. a female vocalist.

vocal cords

folds of membrane in the larynx that produce the sounds used in speech, singing etc when vibrated.

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Nature, in these climes, chooses her vocalists from more humble performers than in Europe.

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The young men, therefore, had reason to consider themselves fortunate in having the opportunity of hearing one of the best works by the composer of "Lucia di Lammermoor," supported by three of the most renowned vocalists of Italy.

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The coroner is to sit in the first-floor room at the Sol's Arms, where the Harmonic Meetings take place twice a week and where the chair is filled by a gentleman of professional celebrity, faced by Little Swills, the comic vocalist, who hopes

Boy put aside, to the great edification of the audience, especially of Little Swills, the comic vocalist.

Policeman at last finds it necessary to support the law and seize a vocalist, who is released upon the flight of the rest on condition of his getting out of this then, come, and cutting it--a condition he immediately observes.

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Are you pretty well?' To which that vocalist returned, 'I thank you, honoured sir, I am all the better for seeing your honour.' As they went along the yard, the Father of the Marshalsea presented him to a Collegian of recent date.

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My youn g vocalist (Miss Hoighty) told the doctor exactly what had happened; and the doctor in her presence repeated the statement to your husband."

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I was no vocalist myself, and, in his fastidious judgment, no musician, either; but I delighted in listening when the performance was good.

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The two vocalists are featured in the group's new single ' Love'.

J-pop group Supercell welcomes Filipino vocalist as new member

The stars of the show closed the evening by naming and praising each of their accompanists, including their backing vocalists.

Charbel Rouhana, Melhem Zein light up Byblos festival

Classic Ibiza came to Weston-under-Lizard for the first time, with a blend of Balearic beats, performed live by the Urban Soul Orchestra, DJ Goldierocks and a host of vocalists.

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Mehdi Hassan belonged to the sixteenth generation of renowned Kalavant family of musicians and vocalists and his father Ustaad Ismail Khan and uncle Ustaad Ibrahim Khan were famous vocalists of their time, Khaitran said.