noun
1. United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)
• Syn: ↑Alex Haley
2. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
• Syn: ↑Bill Haley, ↑William John Clifton Haley Jr.
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑rock star
Useful english dictionary. 2012.