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Updated: October 14, 2023

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noun • a person who cares for persons or property • a fighter who holds out against attack
	63%	14		Collaborated with Duke Ellington on the album 'Ella at Duke's Place'
noun • United States scat singer (1917-1996)
	48%	9		Performed alongside Duke Ellington and Count Basie
noun • United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)

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