strauss the elder

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   Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)

   SynonymsStraussJohann Strauss

   Broadercomposer

Questions about strauss the elder

What does strauss the elder mean?

strauss the elder means "Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)".

What is another word for strauss the elder?

Close synonyms include Strauss, Johann Strauss. 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 strauss the elder a common word?

strauss the elder 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.