Caruso

[kuh-roo-soh; Italian kah-roo-zaw]

noun

En·ri·co [en-ree-koh; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/, 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.

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Examples from the Web for caruso

Contemporary Examples of caruso

I'm not sure many people would say Summer was Caruso, but okay.
A1-Worthy Musical Deaths
Michael Tomasky
May 18, 2012
And not just an obit, but a sidebar under the hed "Caruso Kept Hoping He Would Return."
A1-Worthy Musical Deaths
Michael Tomasky
May 18, 2012

Historical Examples of caruso

Cleigh, senior, stood before the phonograph listening to Caruso.
The Pagan Madonna
Harold MacGrath
Caruso speaks to us of the little things we know, but he speaks with a lyric ecstasy.
Nights in London
Thomas Burke
There will not be another Caruso for two or three hundred years; perhaps not then.
Nights in London
Thomas Burke
For a long time after Caruso had gone, Jerry sat with his cold pipe in his mouth.
The Invaders
Benjamin Ferris
"Dam' shame," said Caruso, the barber, who always championed underdogs.
The Invaders
Benjamin Ferris

British Dictionary definitions for caruso

Caruso

noun

Enrico (enˈriːko). 1873–1921, an outstanding Italian operatic tenor; one of the first to make gramophone records

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