Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun byrd

2 senses of byrd

Sense 1
Byrd, William Byrd -- (English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623))
       INSTANCE OF=> organist -- (a person who plays an organ)
       INSTANCE OF=> composer -- (someone who composes music as a profession)

Sense 2
Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd -- (explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957))
       INSTANCE OF=> explorer, adventurer -- (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
       INSTANCE OF=> naval officer -- (an officer in the navy)