songster

[ sawng-ster, song- ]
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noun
  1. a person who sings; a singer.

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

  1. a songbird.

Origin of songster

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sangestre songstress. See song, -ster

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How to use songster in a sentence

  • Why, you know, the first bird seen by the Pilgrims when they came to this land was a bluebirdour earliest songster.

British Dictionary definitions for songster

songster

/ (ˈsɒŋstə) /


noun
  1. a singer or poet

  2. a singing bird; songbird

Derived forms of songster

  • songstress, fem n

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