1610s, "speaker" (obsolete); 1817, "singer," as opposed to "instrumental performer;" from vocal + -ist.
VJ day
Vlach
Vladimir
vocabulary
vocal
vocalist
vocalization
vocalize
vocation
vocational
vocative
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