singer
nounnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsɪŋ.ə//
- United States//ˈsɪŋ.ɚ//
- //ˈsɪn.ɡə//
- /[ˈsɪŋ.ɡə]/
- //ˈsɪnd͡ʒə(ɹ)//
A person who sings, often professionally.
noun
- 1
A person who sings, often professionally.
It's the singer, not the song.
- 2
dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing + -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian Sjunger, West Frisian sjonger, German Low German Singer. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
noun
- 1
A person who, or device which, singes.
- 2
A machine for singeing cloth.
Etymology
From singe + -er.
Forms
- plural
- singers
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