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FITZGERALD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States scat singer (1917-1996)
Synonyms:
Ella Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States author whose novels characterized the Jazz Age in the United States (1896-1940)
Synonyms:
F. Scott Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald; Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 3
Meaning:
English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
Synonyms:
Edward Fitzgerald; Fitzgerald
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
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))