English Dictionary

ORBISON

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Overview

ORBISON (noun)
  The noun ORBISON has 1 sense:

1. United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)play

  Familiarity information: ORBISON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ORBISON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Orbison; Roy Orbison

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)


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