songstress
/ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/
songstress noun: a female singer.
Noun
songstress (plural songstresses)
- A female singer.
- 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.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and...
- 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.1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter II, in The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC
- A female songbird.
songstress meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Assamese
songstress in Hindi
- songstress
- गायिका gāyikā
songstress in Urdu
- songstress
- گایکا gāyikā
songstress in Kannada
- ಹಾಡುಗಾರ್ತಿ
songstress in Assamese
- songstress
- গায়িকা gayika
Examples of songstress in a sentence
- 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.1877, Charles Reade, A Woman-Hater:
- 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.2025 June 19, Glenn Kenny, “‘Shanghai Blues’ Review: Slapstick Fun in a 1984 Tsui Hark Picture”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of songstress
Forms of songstress
| plural | songstresses |
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Origin of songstress
From songster + -ess. Compare West Frisian sjongeres (“songstress”), Dutch zangeres (“songstress”).
Questions about songstress
- What does songstress mean?
- Songstress means a female singer.
- What is songstress in Hindi?
- Songstress in Hindi is गायिका (gāyikā). See Songstress meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use songstress in a sentence?
- 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.
- What part of speech is songstress?
- Songstress is a noun.
- How do you pronounce songstress?
- Songstress is pronounced /ˈsɑŋɡ.stɹɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of songstress?
- The plural of songstress is songstresses.
Words near songstress in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: songstress (page history and authors); गायिका (Hindi) (page history and authors); گایکا (Urdu) (page history and authors); songstress (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গায়িকা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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