As a Hindi name
गेष्णु · noun · masculine
गानेवाला । गायक · अभिनेता — Śabdasāgara
गेष्णु · geshṇu · s.m.
A singer; a chanter of the Sāma-veda — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 942
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a professional singer, actor, mime
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Dictionary citations
geṣṇu m. a professional singer, actor, mime, L.
geṣṇu m. (-ṣṇuḥ) 1 A singer. 2 An actor. 3 A chaunter of the Sāma Veda: see geṣṇa. E. gai to sing, and iṣṇuc Uṇādi aff.
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