noun
1. United States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934)
• Syn: ↑Marilyn Horne
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑mezzo-soprano, ↑mezzo
2. United States singer and actress (born in 1917)
• Syn: ↑Lena Horne, ↑Lena Calhoun Horne
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/hawrn/, n.
Marilyn, born 1934, U.S. mezzo-soprano.
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[hôrn]Lena (Calhoun) (1917 - ) U.S. singer and actress. In the early 1940s, she became the first African American to have a long-term contract with a Hollywood studio. Her movies include Stormy Weather (1943) and Till the Clouds Roll By (1946). In 1981, she opened on Broadway in Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Useful english dictionary. 2012.