Seeger

American  

[see-ger] / ˈsi gər /

noun

1. Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.

2. Peter Pete, 1919–2014, U.S. folk singer and folklorist.

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Seeger British  

/ ˈsiːɡə /

noun

1. Pete. born 1919. US folk singer and songwriter, noted for his protest songs, which include "We shall Overcome" (1960), "Where have all the Flowers gone?" (1961), "If I had a Hammer" (1962), and "Little Boxes" (1962)

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Example Sentences

"Seeing boxwork this far up the mountain suggests the groundwater table had to be pretty high," said Tina Seeger of Rice University in Houston, one of the mission scientists leading the boxwork investigation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Christopher Seeger, a partner at Seeger Weiss LLP representing plaintiffs in the litigation, said that the settlement marked a step toward justice for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients who had been exposed to Roundup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Folk music legend Peggy Seeger, 89, is about to hit the road for one last tour of the UK and Ireland with her 25th solo album Teleology.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

In adapting Elijah Wald’s book “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties,” Mangold and co-writer Jay Cocks declined what the director calls the “cradle-to-grave biopic” approach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

Other times there would be Negro Spirituals sung by Odetta or folk songs rendered by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, or Woody Guthrie.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy