Definition of Orbison

1. Noun. United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988).

Exact synonyms: Roy Orbison
Generic synonyms: Composer, Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbison

Orange River Colony
Orangeism
Orangeman
Orangemen
Orangewoman
Orangewomen
Orangey
Orangies
Orasone
Orbeli effect
Orbignya
Orbignya cohune
Orbignya martiana
Orbignya phalerata
Orbignya spesiosa
Orbison
Orcadian
Orcadians
Orchestia
Orchestiidae
Orchidaceae
Orchidales
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
Orchomenos
Orchomenus
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus

Literary usage of Orbison

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior and Common Pleas by Ohio Superior Court (Montgomery Co.) (1900)
"Filson, the plaintiff, says he had an arrangement with Mill & orbison by which he was to pay ... He says he never had a ''general arragement with orbison, ..."

2. Lineage Book by Daughters of the American Revolution (1900)
"Daughter of Samuel Clarke Colhoun and Louisa orbison, his wife. Granddaughter of William orbison and Eleanor Elliott, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Thomas ..."

3. A Treatise on Commercial Paper and the Negotiable Instruments Law: Including by James Webster Eaton, Frank Bixby Gilbert (1903)
"orbison, 25 Ind. 75. Where vendors of corn, with the intention of sending it in their bouts to the vendee, executed an instrument containing a recital of ..."

4. The Triumphs of the Cross by Edward Payson Tenney (1895)
"-orbison. people are the children of the convert . whose likeness is given upon the * ,™. ••*.*• •™: ~^v*&* 'ia' -™* 2 happy, to squander ^^i^^lfl^l'l? ..."

5. Report of the Punjab Missionary Conference Held at Lahore in December and (1863)
"JH orbison, — American Presbyterian Mission, Kawal- T he Rcv J- the same subject: — I believe there can be no question as to the |f Christian utility of ..."

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