songster · noun — A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.
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songster is pronounced /ˈsɒŋstɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English songster, sangester, sangstere, from Old English sangestre (“a female singer; songstress”), equivalent to song + -ster. Cognate with Scots sangstar (“singer; songster”). Compare also West Frisian sjongster (“singer; female singer; vocalist”).
noun
- A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.e.g.“In the leading article in this week's Publishers' Weekly a poet utters the complaints and defines the encouragements to be found in a materialistic world by its unthanked songsters.” — 1932 April 9, Isidor Schneider, “Hard Luck Of Poets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2026:
- An adult chorister in the Salvation Army.e.g.“A member of a Salvation Army family, she had been a songster accompanying the band around the streets of Chelmsford where she lived with her parents.” — 2012, Kevin Turton, Northamptonshire Murders, page 13:
- A male songbird.
- One who writes songs.
- A book of songs; songbook.
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