songster C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈsɔŋstɚ/ UK /ˈsɒŋstə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who sings, or a songbird The little songster trilled from the topmost branch. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who sings, or a... singervocalistcroonerminstrelwarblersongbird Word family Derived forms songstress Related forms songsing Etymology AI details From Old English sangestre ('female singer'), from sang ('song') + the agentive suffix -estre/-ster. Related to sing, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną. sangestre Old English sang Old English View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # songster **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɔŋstɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɒŋstə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who sings, or a songbird ## Examples - The little songster trilled from the topmost branch. ## Synonyms - singer - vocalist - crooner - minstrel - warbler - songbird ## Derived Forms - songstress ## Related Forms - song - sing ## Roots and Affixes - Root: sangestre - Root: sang ## Etymology From Old English sangestre ('female singer'), from sang ('song') + the agentive suffix -estre/-ster. Related to sing, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną. ## AI Etymology Songster comes from Old English sangestre ('female singer'), from sang ('song') + the agentive suffix -estre/-ster. Related to sing, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną. The historical chain includes Old English sangestre and Old English sang. The quoted older senses, "female singer" and "song", supply the semantic anchors for songster. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word songster carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a person who sings, or a songbird". English derivatives include songstress; related English forms include song and sing. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown