Vocalist
['vəʊk(ə)lɪst]
Definition
(n.) A singer, or vocal musician, as opposed to an instrumentalist.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- It was a man singing, and his clear high tones echoed in the dark vault overhead, coming nearer and nearer as the vocalist slowly descended the steps. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Boy put aside, to the great edification of the audience, especially of Little Swills, the comic vocalist. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was no vocalist myself, and, in his fastidious judgment, no musician, either; but I delighted in listening when the performance was good. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Checker: Sondra