adolphe sax

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   a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)

   SynonymsSax

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Questions about adolphe sax

What does adolphe sax mean?

adolphe sax means "a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)".

What is another word for adolphe sax?

Close synonyms include Sax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is adolphe sax a common word?

adolphe sax is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.