Accentor

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In music, one who sings the leading part. [F. accenteur.] In ornithology: [capitalized] A genus of passerine birds, family Sylviidæ, subfamily Accentorinæ.
  • noun. A name sometimes applied to the golden-crowned thrush or oven-bird, Siurus auricapillus, a well-known passerine bird of the United States, of the family Sylvicolidæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
  • noun. A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Prunella, a genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
  • noun. One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
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  • noun. small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia