ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Songstress

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Songstress is a noun meaning A female singer.

Meaning

A female singer.

More Meanings

  1. A female songbird.

Example Sentences

The songstress paused, and was answered by one or two deep and hollow groans, that seemed to proceed from the very agony of the mortal strife.
Sally Yeh is the winsome and amiable character known as Stool, who’s living next door to the ambitious and tetchy songstress Shu-Shu, who’s both commanding and funny as portrayed by Sylvia Chang.
At every pause in the music she gracefully waved her flower-basket round, inviting the loiterers to buy; and many a sesterce was showered into the basket, either in compliment to the music or in compassion to the songstress—for she was blind.
Were I to reproduce the nine other paragraphs, it would be a very curious, instructive, and tedious specimen of literature; and, who knows? I might corrupt some immaculate soul, inspire some actor or actress, singer or songstress, with an itch for public self-laudation, a foible from which they are all at present so free. Witness the Era, the Hornet, and Figaro.

Word Forms

Synonyms for songstress

Depending on context, synonyms include cantrix, chanteuse, chantress, singeress.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soulstress, singster, singeress, popstress, singress, songbird.

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