songster
Americannoun
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a singer or poet
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a singing bird; songbird
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Etymology
Origin of songster
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sangestre songstress. See song, -ster
Example Sentences
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He had been described as "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters".
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023
The Svengali-like songster Timotheus applies the power of music to inflame passions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2016
There he also encountered Woody Guthrie, the scrappy Okie songster who would become his mentor.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2015
The Wisconsin songster unveils more country-folk tunes on “Human Kindness,” an album that pays homage to his home state with “Chippewa Boots.”
From Washington Times • May 3, 2015
No poet who respected himself was content to be merely a songster.
From Knut Hamsun by Larsen, Hanna Astrup
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