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songman

songman noun: a singer, especially a singer of songs; a gleeman.

Noun

songman (plural songmen)

  1. A singer, especially a singer of songs; a gleeman.
    • They have epic material so that it takes sometimes forty years to become a songman.2014, Anne Waldman, Laura Wright, Cross Worlds: Transcultural Poetics: An Anthology

Forms of songman

pluralsongmen

Origin of songman

From song + man.

Questions about songman

What does songman mean?
Songman means a singer, especially a singer of songs; a gleeman.
What part of speech is songman?
Songman is a noun.
What is the plural of songman?
The plural of songman is songmen.

Words near songman in the dictionary

  1. songlings
  2. songly
  3. songmaker
  4. songmakers
  5. songmaking
  6. songman
  7. songmen
  8. Songnam
  9. songo
  10. songo-salsa
  11. songololo

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