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MCCARTNEY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)
Synonyms:
McCartney; Paul McCartney; Sir James Paul McCartney
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
rock star (a famous singer of rock music)
ballad maker; songster; songwriter (a composer of words or music for popular songs)
Holonyms ("McCartney" is a member of...):
Beatles (a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon))