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BANDLEADER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The leader of a dance band

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bandleader" is a kind of...):

conductor; director; music director (the person who leads a musical group)

Instance hyponyms:

Benjamin David Goodman; Benny Goodman; Goodman; King of Swing (United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986))

Herman; Woodrow Charles Herman; Woody Herman (United States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987))

Alton Glenn Miller; Glenn Miller; Miller (United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944))

Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; Artie Shaw; Shaw (United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004))

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