singer
//ˈsɪŋ.ə//
Forms
- Plural
- singers
Definitions
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.
- I like that singer a lot.
3.A person who, or device which, singes.
- I like that singer a lot.
4.A machine for singeing cloth.
- I like that singer a lot.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3161
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.