glee club

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noun

a chorus organized for singing choral music.

Origin of glee club

First recorded in 1805–15

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Related Words for glee club

chorus, Liederkranz, choir, chorale

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Historical Examples of glee club

Robert had sent me a note inviting me to a glee-club concert.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905
Various
I am not certain I could belong to a glee-club, and never get cross or unreasonable.
Autumn Leaves
Various
At college I was in the glee-club, and whenever we had any singin' at the fraternity house they always expected me to lead it.
Soldier Silhouettes on our Front
William L. Stidger
In fact, I think the effect of glee-club training on his young mind has strongly influenced his whole life-work.
Contemporary American Composers
Rupert Hughes
The hospital choir and glee-club had here prepared an entertainment most agreeable to the tastes of all.
E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life
Mary A. Roe

British Dictionary definitions for glee club

glee club

noun

mainly US and Canadian a club or society organized for the singing of choral music

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