noun
1. a person who sings
• Derivationally related forms: ↑vocalise (for: ↑vocaliser), ↑vocalize, ↑vocalism (for: ↑vocalist), ↑sing (for: ↑singer)
• Hypernyms: ↑musician, ↑instrumentalist, ↑player
• Hyponyms:
↑alto, ↑baritone, ↑barytone, ↑bass, ↑basso, ↑canary, ↑caroler, ↑caroller, ↑castrato, ↑chorister, ↑contralto, ↑crooner, ↑balladeer, ↑folk singer, ↑jongleur, ↑minstrel, ↑poet-singer, ↑troubadour, ↑hummer, ↑lieder singer, ↑madrigalist, ↑opera star, ↑operatic star, ↑rapper, ↑rock star, ↑songster, ↑soprano, ↑tenor, ↑thrush, ↑torch singer, ↑voice, ↑warbler, ↑yodeller
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Bailey, ↑Pearl Bailey, ↑Pearl Mae Bailey, ↑Cash, ↑Johnny Cash, ↑John Cash, ↑Chevalier, ↑Maurice Chevalier, ↑Dietrich, ↑Marlene Dietrich, ↑Maria Magdalene von Losch, ↑Dylan, ↑Bob Dylan, ↑Fitzgerald, ↑Ella Fitzgerald, ↑Garland, ↑Judy Garland, ↑Horne, ↑Lena Horne, ↑Lena Calhoun Horne, ↑Iglesias, ↑Julio Iglesias, ↑Jackson, ↑Mahalia Jackson, ↑Michael Jackson, ↑Michael Joe Jackson, ↑Jolson, ↑Al Jolson, ↑Asa Yoelson, ↑Joplin, ↑Janis Joplin, ↑King, ↑B. B. King, ↑Riley B King, ↑Lauder, ↑Harry Lauder, ↑Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, ↑Ledbetter, ↑Huddie Leadbetter, ↑Leadbelly, ↑Madonna, ↑Madonna Louise Ciccone, ↑Marley, ↑Robert Nesta Marley, ↑Bob Marley, ↑Martin, ↑Dean Martin, ↑Dino Paul Crocetti, ↑Merman, ↑Ethel Merman, ↑Orbison, ↑Roy Orbison, ↑Piaf, ↑Edith Piaf, ↑Edith Giovanna Gassion, ↑Little Sparrow, ↑Robeson, ↑Paul Robeson, ↑Paul Bustill Robeson, ↑Russell, ↑Lillian Russell, ↑Simon, ↑Paul Simon, ↑Smith, ↑Bessie Smith, ↑Kate Smith, ↑Kathryn Elizabeth Smith, ↑Streisand, ↑Barbra Streisand, ↑Barbra Joan Streisand, ↑Vaughan, ↑Sarah Vaughan, ↑Waters, ↑Ethel Waters, ↑Williams, ↑Hank Williams, ↑Hiram Williams, ↑Hiram King Williams, ↑Wynette, ↑Tammy Wynette, ↑Tammy Wynetter Pugh
2. an organism that can utter vocal sounds
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an utterer of foul oaths
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is the giraffe a vocalizer?
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\\-zə(r)\ noun (-s) : one that vocalizes
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vōˈcalizer or vōˈcaliser noun
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Main Entry: ↑vocal
Useful english dictionary. 2012.