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Examples of songster in a Sentence
one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era
Recent Examples on the Web
Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
—Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.
—Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
In addition to the list of nominees, Univision has also announced bachata songster Prince Royce, Grupo Firme’s Eduin Caz, Mexican pop singer Danna Paola and Dominican TV star Clarissa Molina as the ceremony’s co-hosts.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 June 2022
But whether it’s because or in spite of this unpredictability, Droga is effusively confident in Accenture Song’s evolved abilities to help clients stay relevant and face the ch-ch-ch-ch-changes one songster sang of.
—Seth Matlins, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
Unlike the Witcher’s goofy songster pal Dandelion, my Cyberpunk sidekick Jackie Welles has no endearing characteristics besides dubious loyalty to V and lukewarm affection for someone named Misty.
—Adrienne So, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
Almost exactly 100 years later, a modern songster named Charley Crockett would stand at about that same spot playing for people’s change, though the Union Depot had been gone for over 70 years.
—Jonny Auping, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Males are innovative songsters, frequently plagiarising phrases from rivals and integrating them into their own tunes.
—The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, who started out as a contemporaneous imitator of Woody Guthrie but soon developed into a singular cowboy-folk troubadour, will play with cowboy songster Andy Hall.
—Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of songster was
before the 12th century
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Cite this Entry
“Songster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/songster. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
songster
noun
song·ster
ˈsȯŋ(k)-stər
1
: a person that sings
2
: a book of songs
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