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vo·cal·ist
(vō′kə-lĭst)n.
A singer.
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vocalist
(ˈvəʊkəlɪst)n
(Music, other) a singer, esp one who regularly appears with a jazz band or pop group
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vo•cal•ist
(ˈvoʊ kə lɪst)n.
a singer.
[1605–15]
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| Noun | 1. |  vocalist - a person who sings alto - a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef canary - a female singer 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 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 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) |
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vocalist
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vocalist
nounA person who sings:
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Translations
مُغَنِّ، مُنْشِد
-čkazpěvák
sanger
énekesénekesnő
söngvari
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vocalist
[ˈvəʊkəlɪst] n → chanteur/euse m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
vocalist
n → Sänger(in) m(f)
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vocal
(ˈvəukəl) adjective1. 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 adverbˈvocalist 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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