bandleader
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- noun
- /ˈbændˌliːdər/
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director de banda
- The bandleader skillfully directed the orchestra during the concert.
- black-suited bandleader
He's he's a bandleader for Fallon, which is the roots on Fallon.
- He's he's a bandleader for Fallon, which is the roots on Fallon.
- Or is it harder to be your own bandleader?
- You're thinking of What's his face From David Letterman's bandleader who plays?
Examples
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Then the bandleader asked the boy if he liked the springtime.
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The generator kicked in, and the bandleader stepped to a big microphone.
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But he told me that one bandleader in the band was enough.
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My father went to see this bandleader.
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The bandleader told me we have 23 minutes before they cut the cake.
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- I'm your host and bandleader... - Shh!
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Maybe this bandleader won't like how you play?
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My name is Fred Armisen and I'm the bandleader and drummer for the show.
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Eventually, she retired to manage her husband, Paul Whiteman, the bandleader who popularized the Charleston.
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Concerto in F: George Gershwin was a successful 25-year-old composer of Broadway shows when the famous bandleader Paul Whiteman commissioned him to write a "jazz concerto" in 1924.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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A person who guides and directs a group, organization, or country
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A person who leads musicians in groups like an orchestra or choir
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A very skilled conductor or musician who leads an orchestra
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A person who leads the music for a group like an orchestra
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A singer who leads a band and acts as its public face
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A leader who directs a marching band and leads it in parades
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A woman who sings lead and is the public face of a band
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A person who leads a band, often a military or marching band
A person who leads a bagpipe band and arranges the music
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bandleader comes from two simple words: band and leader. A band once meant a 'tie' or something that joins things and later came to mean a 'group', as in the words headband and wristband, and leader comes from lead, 'to guide', so a bandleader is the person who guides a musical group.