Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who sings.
- noun A songbird.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which sings or is skilled in singing.
- noun Specifically, in ornith,:
- noun A singer; a singing bird.
- noun plural Specifically, singing birds: the Oscines, Cantores, Cantatores, Acromyodi, or Polymyodi.
- noun A writer of songs or poems.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
- noun (Zoöl.) A singing bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male
singer . - noun A male
songbird . - noun formal One who writes songs.
- noun US A
book of songs;songbook .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a composer of words or music for popular songs
- noun a person who sings
- noun any bird having a musical call
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not till then had we supposed that the songster was a bird.
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The precentor, whose place was in a kind of songster's pulpit just below me, was wreathed in the complacent air of a man who has discharged a lofty duty and has done it well.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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This animal is the evening and morning "songster" of the Amazon woods.
Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923
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But ere I lied from it, I looked down the path to see what could make a man so lighthearted in this weary world; and lo! the songster was a humpbacked cripple, with a bloody bandage o'er his eye, and both legs gone at the knee. "
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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Somehow, it caught he attention of SciFi songster John Anealio who turned it into an original song.
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The successful artist or poet or songster is creating something inside of your mind, using thoughts and energy that he/she does not own.
Mike Ragogna: Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony Mike Ragogna 2011
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Among the other performers with Lennon connections and a desire to help Amnesty are: ⢠EARL SLICK -- the David Bowie guitarist who worked on Lennon's final album (1980's Double Fantasty) and previously on Lennon's 1975 collaboration with David Bowie, "Fame." ⢠NEIL INNES -- the former Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python songster who co-created the affectionate Beatles pastiche The Rutles and played the Lennon-esque Ron Nasty.
Martin Lewis: Stars and Old Pals Come Together in NYC on John Lennon's Birthday Martin Lewis 2010
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The successful artist or poet or songster is creating something inside of your mind, using thoughts and energy that he/she does not own.
Mike Ragogna: Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony Mike Ragogna 2011
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Among the other performers with Lennon connections and a desire to help Amnesty are: ⢠EARL SLICK -- the David Bowie guitarist who worked on Lennon's final album (1980's Double Fantasty) and previously on Lennon's 1975 collaboration with David Bowie, "Fame." ⢠NEIL INNES -- the former Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python songster who co-created the affectionate Beatles pastiche The Rutles and played the Lennon-esque Ron Nasty.
Martin Lewis: Stars and Old Pals Come Together in NYC on John Lennon's Birthday Martin Lewis 2010
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If you've been reading any handful of science fiction blogs, you've undoubtedly heard of the SciFi songster John Anealio.
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