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jazzman

American  
[jaz-man, -muhn] / ˈdʒæzˌmæn, -mən /

noun

jazzmen plural
  1. a musician who plays jazz.


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Etymology

Origin of jazzman

First recorded in 1925–30; jazz + man

Example Sentences

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This year’s crop includes familiar faces who shook up their sounds, newcomers who made big impressions and the swan song of a beloved Seattle jazzman.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2021

And why wasn’t Joe the modern jazzman also into hip-hop?

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2020

Also the title of a tribute album by New York avant jazzman John Zorn, “The Big Gundown” is a wild ride.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020

Years later, a gentrified co-op board in the now gentrified East Village voted to toss Mr. Nathanson out, a jazzman found guilty of practicing his saxophone.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

Chazelle admires, above all, Neil’s capacity for suffering, which puts the character in line with other Chazelle protagonists—the bleeding drummer in “Whiplash,” the struggling jazzman and the anguished actress in “La La Land.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

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