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twangster

twangster noun: a musician who plays a twangy instrument.

Noun

twangster (plural twangsters)

  1. (informal) A musician who plays a twangy instrument.
    • The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.2012, Christoper Zara, chapter 1, in Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, page 28

Forms of twangster

pluraltwangsters

Origin of twangster

From twang + -ster.

Questions about twangster

What does twangster mean?
Twangster means a musician who plays a twangy instrument.
What part of speech is twangster?
Twangster is a noun.
What is the plural of twangster?
The plural of twangster is twangsters.

Words near twangster in the dictionary

  1. twanglers
  2. twangles
  3. twangling
  4. twanglings
  5. twangs
  6. twangster
  7. twangsters
  8. twangy
  9. twank
  10. twankay
  11. twankays

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