songster

/ˈsɔŋstər/

Other forms: songsters

Definitions of songster

1. noun

   a person who sings
   types:

   songstress

   a woman songster (especially of popular songs)

   type of:

   singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer

   a person who sings
2. noun

   a composer of words or music for popular songs
   synonyms: ballad maker, songwriter

   examples:

   Irving Berlin

   United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)

   Hoagland Howard Carmichael

   United States songwriter (1899-1981)

   George Michael Cohan

   United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942)

   Antoine Domino

   United States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928)

   Bob Dylan

   United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941)

   Stephen Collins Foster

   United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

   Woodrow Wilson Guthrie

   United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)

   Charles Hardin Holley

   United States rock star (1936-1959)

   John Lennon

   English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)

   Sir James Paul McCartney

   English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942)

   Paul Simon

   United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)

   Hiram King Williams

   United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953)

   type of:

   composer

   someone who composes music as a profession
3. noun

   any bird having a musical call
   synonyms: songbird

   type of:

   oscine, oscine bird

   passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus