vocalistn.
/ˈvəʊkəlɪst/, /ˈvəʊkl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈvoʊkələst/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > one who speaks > [noun]
mathelereOE
mouthOE
speaker1303
sayer1340
outera1415
utterer1509
handler1534
trumpet1549
discourser1564
deliverer1580
linguist1612
vocalist1613
sermocinator1623
sermocinatrix1623
articulator1651
worder1654
voice1667
stringer1774
tonguer1822
vocalizer1830
locutor1858
outspeaker1858
speaker-hearer1965
speaker-listener1965
1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. ii. iv. §6 The ciuill Magistrates facilitie to countenance euery prating Discontent, or forthputting Vocalist.
2. A singer. Now esp.: one who sings jazz or popular music. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > [noun]
songsterOE
singerc1330
chantera1387
singster1388
voicea1513
modulatora1527
chorister1589
songman1603
cantor1609
warbler1611
melodist1789
vocalist1790
cantator1866
vocaller1876
1790 R. Gilmour Psalm-singer's Assistant Introd. 1 The Scale made use of by vocalists, is eleven lines, with their spaces..but by a continuation of the above scheme.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. ii. i. 57 Preparing himself, like certain other accomplished vocalists, with a few preliminary hems and haws.
1858 H. Spencer Ess. 1st Ser. 370 This tremulousness of voice is very effectively used by some vocalists in highly pathetic passages.
1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl viii. 86 Little vocalists..carolled songs without words in the sky overhead.
1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vii. 163 The lukewarm, plum-in-the-mouth style of some of the white vocalists.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People (1995) xi. 168 Kansas City..became the headquarters of these big blues bands and their shouting vocalists.
2007 Independent 16 May (Extra section) 14/2 No male vocalist sings at so high a pitch without resorting to falsetto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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