songster

[ sawng-ster, song- ]

/ ˈsɔŋ stər, ˈsɒŋ- /

a person who sings; a singer.

a writer of songs or poems; a poet.

a songbird.

Origin of songster

before 1000; Middle English; Old English sangestre songstress. See song, -ster

songka, songkok, songless, songololo, songsmith, songster, songstress, songwriter, soni-, sonia, sonic

During this quiet, pleasant time the greenfinch was perhaps more to me than any other songster.

Birds in Town and Village |W. H. Hudson
"Surest thing you know," replied Baker as the train moved on, leaving the songster to his ecstasies.

The Rules of the Game |Stewart Edward White
And, of course—considering his world-wide fame as a songster——'

Christmas Tree Land |Mary Louisa Molesworth
I question whether the latter be much of a songster; but in this matter I want to be better informed.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 |Gilbert White

The blackcap is often placed next to the nightingale as a songster, but there is a very wide interval between them.

In a Cheshire Garden |Geoffrey Egerton-Warburton

songster

/ (ˈsɒŋstə) /

a singer or poet

a singing bird; songbird

songstress, fem n