songster
/ˈsɒŋstɚ/noun
songster is a noun meaning “A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-N-G-S-T-E-R, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of songster is songsters.
What does songster mean?
noun
- 1
A man who sings songs, especially as a profession; a male singer.
- 2
An adult chorister in the Salvation Army.
- 3
A male songbird.
- 4
One who writes songs.
- 5
USA book of songs; songbook.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce songster?
- US /ˈsɒŋstɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-songster.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of songster
- songsters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is songster?
Songster appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Songster in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense man who sings songs:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does songster come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).