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songster

[ sawng-ster, song- ]

noun

  1. a person who sings; a singer.
  2. a writer of songs or poems; a poet.
  3. a songbird.


songster

/ ˈɒŋə /

noun

  1. a singer or poet
  2. a singing bird; songbird
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲٰ, noun:feminine
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of songster1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sangestre songstress. See song, -ster
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He had been described as "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters".

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He was a mellowed songster who sang effortlessly with intimate words, praising and imploring the women he loved and at times consoling himself.

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The proudest songster of them all was James Joyce.

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The club quickly became an heir apparent to the Village’s old coffeehouses, which were peopled by poets and folk songsters in the 1950s and ’60s.

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“I went home and got my rhyming dictionary out,” he said, “and the cumulative play on words and Wonky tale began. Being an entertainer and songster, I thought it would make a hilarious song.”

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