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HORNE

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Overview

HORNE (noun)
  The noun HORNE has 2 senses:

1. United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)play

2. United States singer and actress (born in 1917)play

  Familiarity information: HORNE used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HORNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Horne; Marilyn Horne

Instance hypernyms:

mezzo; mezzo-soprano (a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto)


Sense 2

Meaning:

United States singer and actress (born in 1917)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Horne; Lena Calhoun Horne; Lena Horne

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)


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