glee club

American

noun

a chorus organized for singing choral music.

glee club British

noun

a club or society organized for the singing of choral music

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Etymology

Origin of glee club

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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Or, Dartmouth could stop treating the players like employees and downgrade the teams to club status, like the glee club and the other self-funded student organizations that look more like hobbies than jobs.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

A: Marvin Gaye was a graduate of Randall Junior High School and sang in the glee club while he was there.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

In David Spade’s comedy “Dickie Roberts, Former Child Star,” Mr. Dow sang in the front row of a glee club of former child stars.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022

Disloyalty, in the form of joining the glee club, is sedition.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2021

He joined the glee club and relished the opportunity it gave him to sing and perform in plays and make music.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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