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singing girl

singing girl noun: a young woman of low social status (often enslaved) who performs as a musician and entertainer, especially in Asian societies.

Noun

singing girl (plural singing girls)

  1. A young woman of low social status (often enslaved) who performs as a musician and entertainer, especially in Asian societies.
    • She was a stranger in Palembang: she had fled from some one in the interior, and had lately entered the house of Tumunggung Nora Wangsa; who was patron, also, of another singing girl present, called Sahdeeah.1856, Walter M. Gibson, The Prison of Weltevreden: And a Glance at the East Indian Archipelago, Sampson Low Son & Company, page 213
    • The Guide to the Yoshiwara gives a list of fifty-five singing-girls, besides a host of minor stars. These women are not to be confounded with the courtesans.1870, “Tales of Old Japan, No. II—The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki”, in The Fortnightly Review, volume 14

Synonyms of singing girl

Forms of singing girl

pluralsinging girls

Questions about singing girl

What does singing girl mean?
Singing girl means a young woman of low social status (often enslaved) who performs as a musician and entertainer, especially in Asian societies.
What part of speech is singing girl?
Singing girl is a noun.
What is the plural of singing girl?
The plural of singing girl is singing girls.

Words near singing girl in the dictionary

  1. singing flame
  2. singing flames
  3. singing for one's supper
  4. singing from the same hymn sheet
  5. singing from the same hymnbook
  6. singing girl
  7. singing girls
  8. singing ground
  9. singing grounds
  10. singing hinnies
  11. singing hinny

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