"vocalist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvoʊkəlɪst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vocalist.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vocalists [plural]
Etymology: vocal + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vocal|ist}} vocal + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} vocalist (plural vocalists)
  1. A singer; a person who likes to sing. Categories (topical): Musicians, People Derived forms: backup vocalist, lead vocalist Translations (singer): певец (pevec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vokalista [masculine] (Czech), vokalistka [feminine] (Czech), vokalist [common-gender] (Danish), sanger [common-gender] (Danish), sangari [masculine] (Faroese), sangarinna [feminine] (Faroese), laulaja (Finnish), vokalisti (Finnish), vocaliste [feminine, masculine] (French), Sänger [masculine] (German), Sängerin [feminine] (German), Vokalist [masculine] (German), Vokalistin [feminine] (German), énekes (Hungarian), énekesnő (Hungarian), amhránaí [masculine] (Irish), cantante (Italian), обончу (oboncu) (Kyrgyz), vocalistus (Latin), vokālists [masculine] (Latvian), vokāliste [feminine] (Latvian), reo waiata (Maori), kaiwaiata (Maori), vokalist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vokalist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wokalista [masculine] (Polish), wokalistka [feminine] (Polish), vocalista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), вокали́ст (vokalíst) [masculine] (Russian), vocalista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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      "sense": "singer",
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      "sense": "singer",
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      "sense": "singer",
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