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ELLINGTON
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• ELLINGTON (noun)
The noun ELLINGTON has 1 sense:
1. United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
Familiarity information: ELLINGTON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Duke Ellington; Edward Kennedy Ellington; Ellington
Instance hypernyms:
jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)
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"Speak of the dog and pick up the stick." (Armenian proverb)
"Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb)