songster

noun

song·​ster ˈsȯŋ(k)-stər How to pronounce songster (audio)
1
: one that sings with skill
2

Examples of songster in a Sentence

one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era
Recent Examples on the Web Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support. Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023 Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying. Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022 In addition to the list of nominees, Univision has also announced bachata songster Prince Royce, Grupo Firme’s Eduin Caz, Mexican pop singer Danna Paola and Dominican TV star Clarissa Molina as the ceremony’s co-hosts. Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 June 2022 But whether it’s because or in spite of this unpredictability, Droga is effusively confident in Accenture Song’s evolved abilities to help clients stay relevant and face the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes one songster sang of. Seth Matlins, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Unlike the Witcher’s goofy songster pal Dandelion, my Cyberpunk sidekick Jackie Welles has no endearing characteristics besides dubious loyalty to V and lukewarm affection for someone named Misty. Adrienne So, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020 Almost exactly 100 years later, a modern songster named Charley Crockett would stand at about that same spot playing for people’s change, though the Union Depot had been gone for over 70 years. Jonny Auping, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 Males are innovative songsters, frequently plagiarising phrases from rivals and integrating them into their own tunes. The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019 Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who started out as a contemporaneous imitator of Woody Guthrie but soon developed into a singular cowboy-folk troubadour, will play with cowboy songster Andy Hall. Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of songster was before the 12th century

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“Songster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songster. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

songster

noun
song·​ster ˈsȯŋ(k)-stər How to pronounce songster (audio)
1
: a person that sings
2
: a book of songs
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