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songstress

[sawng-stris, song-]

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noun

a female singer, especially one who specializes in popular songs.

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RELATED WORDS

voice, singer, songster, chorister

Origin of songstress

First recorded in 1695–1705; song + -stress

Usage note

See -ess.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for songstress

Contemporary Examples of songstress

In honor of her big year, here are some little-known facts about the songstress, courtesy of BuzzFeed.
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Luckily for Gaga, Donatella must have thought it looked so perfect on the songstress that she allowed her to keep it.
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New Zealand songstress Lorde just released a new music video for her excellent ballad “Team.”
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Historical Examples of songstress

Much, nay most, of this was undoubtedly owing to the genius of the songstress.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
My songstress appeared to be not more than eighteen years of age.
A Hero of Our Time
M. Y. Lermontov
Eos Cymru (the Welsh nightingale) for a fine Welsh songstress.
An Outline of English Speech-craft
William Barnes
I left you making your way on the stage, and now I find you a songstress.
Madame Flirt
Charles E. Pearce
"No one ought to dictate to a songstress," he said, very decidedly.
A Crooked Path
Mrs. Alexander