songster

American  

[sawng-ster, song-] / ˈsɔŋ stər, ˈsɒŋ- /

noun

1. a person who sings; a singer.

2. a writer of songs or poems; a poet.

3. a songbird.

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songster British  

/ ˈsɒŋstə /

noun

1. a singer or poet

2. a singing bird; songbird

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Other Word Forms

• songstress noun

Etymology

Origin of songster

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

Example Sentences

He had been described as "the songster of tennis lawns and cathedral cloisters".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

The gathering began as a planned one-off in 1985, the idea of the Nevada folklorist Hal Cannon; the buckaroo, cowboy poet and songster Waddie Mitchell and a handful of their cohorts.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2018

The Svengali-like songster Timotheus applies the power of music to inflame passions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2016

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

He is unconscious of his lack of melody, and rather fancies himself as a songster.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart