"one-man band" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one-man band.ogg Forms: one-man bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=one-man band}} one-man band (plural one-man bands)
  1. A musician who plays several musical instruments at once. Categories (topical): Musicians, People Synonyms: one man band Translations (musician who plays several musical instruments): 一人樂隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 一人乐队 (yīrén yuèduì) (Chinese Mandarin), yhden miehen orkesteri (Finnish), człowiek orkiestra [masculine] (Polish), homem-orquestra (Portuguese), челове́к-орке́стр (čelovék-orkéstr) [masculine] (Russian), hombre orquesta [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-one-man_band-en-noun-Yk7ulp25 Disambiguation of Musicians: 81 19 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'musician who plays several musical instruments': 90 10
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) An organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (organisation or business run by one person): 一腳踢 (Chinese Cantonese), 一脚踢 (jat¹ goek³ tek³) (Chinese Cantonese), yhden miehen show (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-one-man_band-en-noun-aBPfi4CC Disambiguation of 'organisation or business run by one person': 10 90

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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