jazzman
English
Etymology
Noun
jazzman (plural jazzmen)
- (music) A male member of a jazz band.
- 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Don’t Cry, Ma”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 3:
- I was cut out to be a jazzman the way the righteous are chosen for the church.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazzman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒaz.man/ ~ /dʒɑz.man/
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Noun
jazzman m (plural jazzmans or jazzmen)
Further reading
- “jazzman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English jazzman.
Noun
jazzman m (plural jazzmans or jazzman)