songster

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: song=ster

CIDE DICTIONARY

songster, n. [AS. sangestre a female singer.].

•  One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.  [1913 Webster]
•  A singing bird.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

songster, n. (fem. songstress)
1 a singer, esp. a fluent and skilful one.
2 a songbird.
3 a poet.
4 US a songbook.

Etymology

OE sangestre (as SONG, -STER)

THESAURUS

songster

Heldentenor, Meistersinger, Philomel, alto, aria singer, arrangement, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso profundo, blues singer, bulbul, canary, cantatrice, cantor, caroler, chanter, chantress, coloratura soprano, comic bass, contralto, copy, countertenor, crooner, cuckoo, deep bass, diva, draft, dramatic soprano, edition, feathered songster, heroic tenor, hymnal, hymnbook, hymner, improvisator, instrumental score, lark, lead singer, libretto, lieder singer, lute tablature, mavis, melodist, mezzo-soprano, mockingbird, music, music paper, music roll, musical notation, musical score, nightingale, notation, opera, opera score, opera singer, orchestral score, oriole, part, piano score, prima donna, psalm singer, ringdove, rock-and-roll singer, score, sheet music, short score, singer, singing bird, singstress, song sparrow, songbird, songbook, songstress, soprano, tablature, tenor, text, thrush, torch singer, transcript, transcription, version, vocal score, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, warbler, written music, yodeler

ROGET THESAURUS

songster

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.