vocalist

noun

vo·​cal·​ist ˈvō-kə-list How to pronounce vocalist (audio)

Examples of vocalist in a Sentence

hired a vocalist for their jazz band
Recent Examples on the Web At the suggestion of A&M records producer Richard Adler, and backed by the label’s Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, Mendes brought on female vocalists to perform in English and Portuguese. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 The six vocalists and multi-instrumentalists are about to make history under as1one — the world’s first mixed Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Arab pop group. Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024 Future Islands These Baltimore synth-pop revivalists have one of modern music’s most distinctive vocalists in Samuel T. Herring, who enunciates like David Bowie with a diction coach. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2024 The 58-year-old vocalist apologized to fans in a lengthy statement about having to press pause on the Fiend of the Fans tour — scheduled to launch on Friday (August 23) in Las Vegas and run through a Sept. 29 show in Denver — but said a recent unspecified health crisis forced his hand. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vocalist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vocalist was in 1790

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“Vocalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vocalist. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.

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vocalist

noun
vo·​cal·​ist ˈvō-kə-ləst How to pronounce vocalist (audio)

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