What does songster mean?

Definitions for songster
ˈsɔŋ stər, ˈsɒŋ-song·ster

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word songster.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. songwriter, songster, ballad makernoun

    a composer of words or music for popular songs

  2. songsternoun

    a person who sings

  3. songbird, songsternoun

    any bird having a musical call

Wiktionary

  1. songsternoun

    A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.

  2. songsternoun

    A male songbird.

  3. songsternoun

    One who writes songs.

  4. songsternoun

    A book of songs; songbook.

  5. Etymology: Derived from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Songsternoun

    A singer. Used of human singers, it is a word of slight contempt.

    Etymology: from song.

    The pretty songsters of the Spring with their various notes did seem to welcome him as he passed. James Howell.

    Some songsters can no more sing in any chamber but their own, than some clerks read in any book but their own. Roger L'Estrange.

    Either songster holding out their throats,
    And folding up their wings, renew’d their notes. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. Songster

    A "songster" is a wandering musician, usually but not always African-American, of the type which first appeared in the late 19th century in the southern United States.

ChatGPT

  1. songster

    A songster is a person, especially a singer, who composes, performs or sings songs. It can also refer to a songbird or a collection of songs in a printed book or album.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Songsternoun

    one who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings

  2. Songsternoun

    a singing bird

  3. Etymology: [AS. sangestre a female singer.]

Wikidata

  1. Songster

    A "songster" is a wandering musician, usually but not always African American, of the type which first appeared in the late 19th century in the southern United States.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SONGSTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Songster is ranked #87335 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Songster surname appeared 213 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Songster.

    87.7% or 187 total occurrences were White.
    7.9% or 17 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of songster in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of songster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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