"one-man band" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-one-man band.ogg [Australia] 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: 80 20 Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'musician who plays several musical instruments': 91 9
  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': 9 91

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