(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A ~ is a person who sings, especially as a job.
My mother was a ~ in a dance band.
...Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the great opera ~s of the century.
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(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
A ~ is a person who sings, especially as a job.
My mother was a ~ in a dance band.
...Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the great opera ~s of the century.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012