Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Belafonte

American  
[bel-uh-fon-tee] / ˌbɛl əˈfɒn ti /

noun

  1. Harry Harold George Bellanfanti, Jr., 1927–2023, U.S. singer and actor, noted for popularizing calypso music in the 1950s.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Belafonte grasped the strategy immediately: The march had to look nonpartisan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

When three of them were murdered, Belafonte personally delivered emergency funds to local civil-rights organizers and volunteers, carrying the cash in a doctor’s bag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Belafonte later recalled that he cautioned King not to directly endorse Kennedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

As Belafonte later wrote, Poitier told him afterward, half joking, half shaken: “Don’t ever call me again for something like this.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Harry Belafonte singing “Mary’s Boy Child” drifted in from the living room.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore