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ROCK STAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A famous singer of rock music
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rock star" is a kind of...):
rock 'n' roll musician; rocker (a performer or composer or fan of rock music)
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Instance hyponyms:
Berry; Charles Edward Berry; Chuck Berry (United States rock singer (born in 1931))
Bill Haley; Haley; William John Clifton Haley Jr. (United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981))
George Harrison; Harrison (English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001))
Buddy Holly; Charles Hardin Holley; Holly (United States rock star (1936-1959))
Jagger; Michael Philip Jagger; Mick Jagger (English rock star (born in 1943))
John Lennon; Lennon (English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980))
Jerry Lee Lewis; Lewis (United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935))
McCartney; Paul McCartney; Sir James Paul McCartney (English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942))
James Douglas Morrison; Jim Morrison; Morrison (United States rock singer (1943-1971))
Elvis Aron Presley; Elvis Presley; Presley (United States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977))
Richard Starkey; Ringo Starr; Starkey; Starr (rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940))
