Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

Caruso

[kuh-roo-soh; Italian kah-roo-zaw]
See more synonyms for Caruso on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. En·ri·co [en-ree-koh; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/, 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
Show More
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for caruso

Contemporary Examples

Historical Examples

  • 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
  1. Enrico (enˈriːko). 1873–1921, an outstanding Italian operatic tenor; one of the first to make gramophone records
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012