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Pantaloon collapse: trousers worn in former times; a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man; a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes

jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

torch singer collapse: a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs

cantor collapse: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

prima donna collapse: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star; a vain and temperamental person

alto collapse: the pitch range of the lowest female voice; (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments; a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef; (of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group; "alto clarinet or recorder"; of or being the lowest female voice

contralto collapse: the lowest female singing voice; a woman singer having a contralto voice

zany collapse: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for ludicrous effect

harlequin collapse: a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte); variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"

soprano collapse: the pitch range of the highest female voice; the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty; a female singer; having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef"

warbler collapse: a small active songbird; a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

canary collapse: any of several small Old World finches; a female singer; having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

singer collapse: a person who sings; United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991); United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

bass collapse: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes; the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments; the lowest part of the musical range; the lowest adult male singing voice; the lowest part in polyphonic music; an adult male singer with the lowest voice; having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

clown collapse: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior; a rude or vulgar fool; act as or like a clown

baritone collapse: the second lowest brass wind instrument; the second lowest adult male singing voice; a male singer; lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe"

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