Kern, Je ‧ rome /kɜːn $ kɜːrn, dʒəˈrəʊm/ BrE AmE
(1885–1945) a US ↑ composer and songwriter who wrote many ↑ musical s (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story) , such as Showboat (1927), which contains the famous song Ol' Man River