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View synonyms for songster

songster

[ sawng-ster, song- ]

noun

  1. a person who sings; a singer.
  2. a writer of songs or poems; a poet.
  3. a songbird.


songster

/ ˈsɒŋstə /

noun

  1. a singer or poet
  2. a singing bird; songbird
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsongstress, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins

Origin of songster1

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

Echoes from the songster showed the researchers that its sound waves had passed through layers of sediment and underlying rock.

The large-billed water-thrush is much the superior songster, but the present species has a very bright and cheerful strain.

It was charming to hear the sweet and plaintive notes of this pretty songster of the wilds.

Could there be a more tragic ending to the glorious note of the gay songster of the north?

A jolly summer songster, dwelling with us from the latter part of May until September.

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

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