Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An announcer who presents and comments on popular recorded music, especially on the radio.
  • noun A turntablist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a person who plays records or compact disks of recorded music

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who plays and mixes recorded music at nightclubs, over the radio, and/or as a backup musician for spoken word, or hip hop performers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who announces and plays popular recorded music
  • verb comment on music to be played

Etymologies

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disc + jockey

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