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Definition of Songstress
1. Noun. A woman songster (especially of popular songs).
Definition of Songstress
1. n. A woman who sings; also, a female singing bird.
Definition of Songstress
1. Noun. A female singer. The female equivalent of songster. ¹
2. Noun. A female songbird. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Songstress
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Medical Definition of Songstress
1. A woman who sings; a female singing bird. See: songster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Songstress
Literary usage of Songstress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... soprano or (rare) sopranist, alto, contralto, nightingale (flg.), siren, prima
donna. 4. Referring to birds: song bird, songster, songstress (Jem. ..."
2. The Classical Journal (1823)
"Barker, in your 53rd No., has an entertaining descant on the Nightingale, which
bird he endeavors to prove not only an evening but also a morning songstress ..."
3. Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha by William Beckford (1835)
"An unseen songstress.—A Surprise.—Donna Francisca, her Mother and Confessor.—The
World of Alco- baça awakened.—Return to the Monastery. ..."
4. A Bouquet of Poesy by Theodore A. Gould (1848)
"THE songstress. Thy song throughout the festive hall, Rang joyously and ... Oh !
did those notes of joy find rest, Sweet songstress, in thy panting breast ? ..."
5. Student and Singer: The Reminiscences of Charles Santley by Charles Santley (1892)
"... CHAPTER XXII Success with " Zampa " — Italian Opera Season in New York — A
I"rim songstress — Realism and the " high C " — A " Real Good Time''— Return ..."
6. Romano Lavo-lil by George Henry Borrow (1907)
"THE ROMANY songstress FROM THE RUSSIAN GYPSY HER temples they are aching, As if
wine she had been taking; Her tears are ever springing, Abandoned is her ..."
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