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

Infected insects can spread the deadly Usutu virus to blackbirds, raising fears for the famous songsters.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

The proudest songster of them all was James Joyce.

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times