Co ‧ bain, Kurt /kəʊˈbeɪn, kɜːt $ kɜːrt/ BrE AmE
(1967–94) a US singer and songwriter with the group Nirvana, who developed a new style of ↑ rock music called ‘Grunge’, which was popular in the early 1990s and who killed himself. He was married to Courtney Love.