divo

/ ˈdiːvəʊ /

noun

1. a highly distinguished male singer

Word History and Origins

Origin of divo¹

C21: Italian, masculine form of diva

Example Sentences

"The lawyer that divo'ces 'em makes the livin'," Mammy Lou said then, popping her black head out through mother's white curtains.

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Scribunt quidam trecentos ex dediticiis electos ad aram divo Iulio exstructam Idibus Martiis hostiarum more mactatos.

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A church dedicated Divo Josaphat in Palermo is probably not the only one of its kind.

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"Divo—Pan," said Annunziata, dividing the word in two, and always with an air of excessive caution.

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Divo Pan is the divo who makes all the music that you hear out of doors,—the music of the wind and the water and the bird-songs.

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