strauss the younger

1. 1.

   Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)

   SynonymsStraussJohann Strauss

   Broadercomposer

Questions about strauss the younger

What does strauss the younger mean?

strauss the younger means "Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899)".

What is another word for strauss the younger?

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 younger a common word?

strauss the younger 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.