Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one-man band

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: one--man band
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.

noun

A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.

Derogatory

noun

An organisation or business that is effectively run by only one person.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: one-man army"
"The corporation he will someday inherit—growing, churning—won't work as a one-man band."
"It goes on to argue that the Reform UK party is a “one-man band which at best can win only a handful of MPs”, while the Liberal Democrats are dismissed as “a joke”."

Usage

Derogatory

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

one-man bands (plural) one man band (alternative)

Synonyms

one-man army

Questions

What does one-man band mean?: A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.

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