FITZGERALD

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• FITZGERALD (noun)
  The noun FITZGERALD has 3 senses:

1. English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)

2. United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)

3. United States scat singer (1917-1996)

  Familiarity information: FITZGERALD used as a noun is uncommon.

• FITZGERALD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edward Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald

Instance hypernyms:

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

F. Scott Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald; Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States scat singer (1917-1996)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ella Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald

Instance hypernyms:

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

 Context examples 

Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s “Reminiscences;” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.;” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell;” “Boxiana;” “Pugilistica;” Harper’s “Brighton Road;” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q.;” Rice’s “History of the Turf;” Tristram’s “Coaching Days;” James’s “Naval History;” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)