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singster en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English syngster, equivalent to sing + -ster. Compare songster.

Meanings

1. (archaic, dated) A singer; songster; vocalist
   • Mrs. Stone had been, as she put it, "quite some of a singster" in her youth. 1886, The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art:
   • It seems to annoy some folks. Remember when I come and sung Kathleen Mavourneen to you one morning bright and early ? Well, you was real peevish about it yourself. Abilene was more so." " You ain't no great shakes as a singster, Benny," I says. " Still, it don't seem like Kathleen Mavourneen was no just cause or impediment. 1920, Kennett Harris, Meet Mr. Stegg:
   • That be 'cause she don't care for ye singsters, an' no dancin' girl'll stay where the profits be so lean. 2016, Mercedes Lackey, The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy:
   • I therefore think a cedar bird should be called a trickster instead of a singster, as he has not much song anyway. 1909, The Guide to Nature - Volume 2

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