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Singer

One who, or that which, singes.

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Alto 76% connected

Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor…

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Baritone 76% connected

See Barytone.

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Barytone 76% connected

Alt. of Baritone

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Bass 76% connected

of Bass

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Basso 76% connected

The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.

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Canary 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

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Castrato 76% connected

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.

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Chorister 76% connected

One of a choir; a singer in a chorus.

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Contralto 76% connected

The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor.

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Hummer 76% connected

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.

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Jongleur 76% connected

Alt. of Jongler

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Madrigalist 76% connected

A composer of madrigals.

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Minstrel 76% connected

In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other ins…

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Rapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.

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Songster 76% connected

One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.

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Soprano 76% connected

The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.

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Tenor 76% connected

A state of holding on in a continuous course; manner of continuity; constant mode; general tendency; course; career.

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Thrush 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

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Troubadour 76% connected

One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the…

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Voice 76% connected

Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quali…

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Warbler 76% connected

One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.

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Instrumentalist 76% connected

One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

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Musician 76% connected

One skilled in the art or science of music; esp., a skilled singer, or performer on a musical instrument.

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Player 76% connected

One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

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Sing 74% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

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Sing 74% connected

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of…

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Vocalist 92% connected

A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.

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