songster

song·ster

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sawng-ster, song-]
- /ˈsɔŋ stər, ˈsɒŋ-/
- /ˈsɒŋ.stər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawng-ster, song-]
- /ˈsɔŋ stər, ˈsɒŋ-/

Definitions of songster word

noun songster a person who sings; a singer. 1
noun songster a writer of songs or poems; a poet. 1
noun songster a songbird. 1
countable noun songster Journalists sometimes refer to a popular singer, especially a male singer, as a songster. 0
noun songster a singer or poet 0
noun songster a singing bird; songbird 0

See all 8 definitions of songster

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Origin of songster

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sangestre songstress. See song, -ster

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Parts of speech for Songster

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Songster

songster popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for songster

noun songster

accompanist — An accompanist is a musician, especially a pianist, who plays one part of a piece of music while someone else sings or plays the main tune.
artiste — An artiste is a professional entertainer, for example a singer or a dancer.
balladeer — a singer of ballads
chanter — a person who chants
chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret

All 21 Synonyms of songster