martin

English Thesaurus

1. any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	swallow,
definition	:	small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	delichon urbica, house martin,
definition	:	common small European martin that builds nests under the eaves of houses (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	bank martin, bank swallow, riparia riparia, sand martin,
definition	:	swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	progne subis, purple martin,
definition	:	large North American martin of which the male is blue-black (noun.animal)

2. United States singer (1917-1995) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer,
definition	:	a person who sings (noun.person)

3. United States actress (1913-1990) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	actress,
definition	:	a female actor (noun.person)

4. United States actor and comedian (born in 1945) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian,
definition	:	a theatrical performer (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	comedian, comic,
definition	:	a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts (noun.person)

5. French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	bishop,
definition	:	a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	saint,
definition	:	a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization (noun.person)