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bluesman

bluesman noun: a male blues musician.

Noun

bluesman (plural bluesmen)

  1. a male blues musician
    • But creepily enough, from '30s delta bluesman Robert Johnson's beating-until-satisfied "Me and Devil Blues" to Jackie Gleason's 1954 "One Of These Days — Pow!" to Dion's face-slapping 1962 "Little Diane" to Lou Reed exclaiming "you better hit her" in "There She Goes Again" to the Intruders chasing...1997, Chuck Eddy, The Accidental Evolution of Rock'n'roll, page 22

Forms of bluesman

pluralbluesmen

Plural of bluesman: bluesmen

Origin of bluesman

From blues + man.

Questions about bluesman

What does bluesman mean?
Bluesman means a male blues musician.
What part of speech is bluesman?
Bluesman is a noun.
What is the plural of bluesman?
The plural of bluesman is bluesmen.

Words near bluesman in the dictionary

  1. bluesish
  2. Blueskies
  3. Bluesky
  4. Blueskys
  5. blueslike
  6. bluesman
  7. bluesmen
  8. bluesnarfing
  9. bluesologist
  10. bluesologists
  11. bluespace

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