Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Devoted to or appreciative of music.
- adjective Relating to a symphony orchestra.
- noun A symphony orchestra or the group that supports it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Loving harmony; fond of music; music-loving.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Loving harmony or music.
- noun (Colloq.), (Colloq.) One who loves harmony or music
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A full-size
symphonic orchestra .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large orchestra; can perform symphonies
- adjective devoted to or appreciative of music
- adjective composing or characteristic of an orchestral group
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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MK: Why do rappers get so little respect in philharmonic circles?
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Marshall Karp, part two 2009
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A good friend is a total classical music fan and gives me tickets to the philharmonic, which is awesome because I never used to be into classical music.
Daniel Brühl Cooks Up an Ideal Weekend Mary M. Lane 2011
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The term "philharmonic" is an adjective meaning "music loving, devoted to music," he said.
JSOnline.com JSOnline.com 2010
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But, Wednesday night gave me a polecat philharmonic.
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The philharmonic notified musicians of Mr. Perlman's departure via email Friday.
Perlman Leaves Westchester Orchestra Erica Orden 2011
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It has its country's only philharmonic orchestra and four-year nursing school.
Bishop Pierre Whalon: The Most Effective Help For Haiti -- The Church Bishop Pierre Whalon 2011
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Her philharmonic book is definitely one of my all-time faves.
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But, Wednesday night gave me a polecat philharmonic.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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The famed musician's association with the orchestra helped attract audiences, with the philharmonic's box-office revenue more than doubling since the start of his tenure.
Perlman Leaves Westchester Orchestra Erica Orden 2011
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The philharmonic's executive director, Joshua Worby, said the orchestra and Mr. Perlman had "mutually agreed to dissolve the remainder" of the contract.
Perlman Leaves Westchester Orchestra Erica Orden 2011
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