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orchester

orchester noun: an orchestra.

Noun

orchester (plural orchesters)

  1. (US, dialectal, nonstandard) An orchestra.
    • […] twelve concerts were given by an orchester of thirty-five members, conducted by Mr. John C. Mullaly and Mr. Emil Mollenhauer, each of whom conducted six concerts.1900, Boston (Mass.), Document (issues 20-39, page 5)
    • Huh! He's got as much chance of bein' an orchester leader as I got of flyin' […]1927, The New Yorker, volume 3, page 90

Forms of orchester

pluralorchesters

Questions about orchester

What does orchester mean?
Orchester means an orchestra.
What part of speech is orchester?
Orchester is a noun.
What is the plural of orchester?
The plural of orchester is orchesters.

Words near orchester in the dictionary

  1. orchella
  2. orcheocele
  3. orchesis
  4. orchesographies
  5. orchesography
  6. orchester
  7. orchesters
  8. orchestic
  9. orchestics
  10. orchestiid
  11. orchestiids

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