HALEY

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• HALEY (noun)
  The noun HALEY has 2 senses:

1. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)

2. United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)

  Familiarity information: HALEY used as a noun is rare.

• HALEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bill Haley; Haley; William John Clifton Haley Jr.

Instance hypernyms:

rock star (a famous singer of rock music)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alex Haley; Haley

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))