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Definition of Glee club
1. Noun. A club organized to sing together.
Definition of Glee club
1. Noun. (American English) A high school choir ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glee Club
Literary usage of Glee club
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"In 1867 he became conductor of the Mendelssohn glee-club, which takes the highest
rank among choral associations. He has composed numerous songs, choruses, ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"The days. . . .when " co-eds " were to be met at fraternity teas, at dances and
glee club concerts, &c.—A7. Y. Ev. Post, March 11. ..."
3. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... conductor (1. leader) of a glee-club, -katkelma fragment of a song, ...
song, -runous lyric(al) poetry, -soura (myos:) glee-club, choral society ..."
4. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"He was a professional church organist, 1819-85 ; organized and managed a Mozart
association, 1826-27 ; a glee club, 1832-52, and conducted a choir of 20000 ..."
5. Labor Maintenance: A Practical Handbook of Employees' Service Work by Daniel Bloomfield (1920)
"glee club of Metropolitan Life About nine years ago a few male employees in the
home office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company who were church choir ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1880)
"glee club. The New York glee club seems to have sustained its old ... The Glee
Club quartet, this time of mixed voices, and the solo songs by Miss Beebe ..."
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