WILLIAM BYRD

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• WILLIAM BYRD (noun)
  The noun WILLIAM BYRD has 1 sense:

1. English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)

  Familiarity information: WILLIAM BYRD used as a noun is very rare.

• WILLIAM BYRD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Byrd; William Byrd

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)

organist (a person who plays an organ)