artie shaw

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   United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)

   SynonymsShawArthur Jacob Arshawsky

   Broaderclarinetistbandleader

Questions about artie shaw

What does artie shaw mean?

artie shaw means "United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)".

What is another word for artie shaw?

Close synonyms include Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. 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 artie shaw a common word?

artie shaw 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.