Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Music One who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- n. A poet.
- n. A songbird.
- n. One that singes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who sings; one who makes music with the voice; specifically, a trained or professional vocalist.
- n. In the early church and in the Greek Church, a member of one of the minor orders of clergy; one who is ordained to sing in the church. The order existed as early as the third or fourth century. In the early church the singers were distinctively called canonical, singers.
- n. One who composes or rehearses anything in verse.
- n. A bird that sings; a bird that naturally sings well, or can be trained to sing tunes; a singing bird: as, the male mocking-bird is a singer, but the female is not; the canary is a good singer.
- n. One who or that which singes. Specifically, in calico-manuf.:
Wiktionary
- n. person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing
- n. dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.
- n. A person who, or device that singes
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One employed to singe cloth.
- n. A machine for singeing cloth.
- n. One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who sings
- n. United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
- n. United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
Etymologies
- From singe + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Hadn't the idea surfaced in staff meetings that the company should ask another name singer to stand by?”
“Also the title singer was kindly accorded me even though I could barely carry a tune.”
“If you were to look up the word singer in the dictionary, you'd see their names," Adele said in an interview.”
“The What's My Name singer will produce and appear in the unnamed show, the winner of which will create an outfit for her headline appearance at this summer's Wireless Festival in London.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“Though best known for the 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy," the term singer has never suited McFerrin.”
“You can see what the singer is actually saying in the lyrics and liner notes.”
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“This has changed because of the improvement in technology to preserve information: now, a singer is able to add value to a commodity: a CD or DVD.”
“Rowe believed Jackson was weakened by what he calls the singer's addiction to prescription drugs.”
“Rowe (ph) believes Jackson was weakened what he calls the singer ` s addiction to prescription drugs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘singer’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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EN - pronunciation fun
All words of the poem
The Chaos
by Gerard Nolst Trenité
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse <...abyss, ache, actual, advice, aerie, age, ague, aisles, alas, alien, alive, allowed and 406 more...
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((Eye)) CBS = I See B.S.
Input limited to 30 seconds, so we needed to find cost-effective ways to become a part of your life. Uninvited houseguest technology: the link technique, thoughts as real estate. The full potential...
joy, dodge, ram, monster, coke, snuggle, gateway, ivory, life, subway, crunch, crest and 151 more...
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artists
different kind of artists.. any kind (general or specific types).
algorist, painter, sculptor, singer, musician, dancer, writer, puppeteer, actor, poet, cartoonist, photographer and 19 more...
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-er
person who; thing or action; repeatedly; comparative degree
farmer, New Yorker, double-header, flicker, cooler, better, flasher, fighter, worker, singer, dancer, doer and 13 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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Bi-sonics
Allophonic homographs. Words that are pronounced at least 2 ways, having different senses. 'august' and 'polish' are less ambiguous since capitalization make the correct pronunciation clear (at lea...
sow, row, dove, polish, precedent, rewet, lower, read, bass, patent, primer, tear and 102 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Musical words
nocturne, flat, sharp, waltz, etude, opera, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, cello, flute and 131 more...
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rushdie names
character names in books by the one and only salman rushdie.
grimus, bird-dog, vina, apsara, saleem, sinai, mary, musa, cyrus, amina, mumtaz, padma and 26 more...
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Alandria Denise Walker
w. iz da clst ting since 5th. Daz when Iwz intro. Den I dnt rly no 'bout it, but I'm learning every DAY.
willing, shy, fragile, trust issues, despret for true ..., nice, easy to talk to, youngest of four, 13, native american, music lover, animal lover and 4 more...
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To Marji
compote, baker, pie, traveller, nurse, mother hen, executive, berkeley, seattle, friend, denver, punctilious and 55 more...
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Brad Renfro 1982-2008
I never met him, but I loved him for 14 years. This list is a tribute of words that describe the boy he was.
twenty-five, shy, father, reble, gentle, shaggy-haired, freckles, tennessee, smile, actor, beautiful, tattoo and 3 more...
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Constellations Reel
A list of participants in the poem "Constellations reel" by lcmt
exile, beggar, dancer, songbird, passer-by, sightseer, pilgrim, storyteller, minstrel, mariner, wayfarer, stranger and 2 more...
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Words that Sing
euphoniousness, leitmotif, baritone, singer, a cappella, basso profundo, da capo aria, mellifluous, melic, phat, resonate, plunked and 6 more...
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oroboros One who singes; one who sings. Nov 21, 2007