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SEEGER

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
2. United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)

Familiarity information: SEEGER used as a noun is rare.

• SEEGER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Pete Seeger; Peter Seeger; Seeger

Instance hypernyms:

folk singer; jongleur; minstrel; poet-singer; troubadour (a singer of folk songs)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alan Seeger; Seeger

Instance hypernyms:

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

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