song|ster

song|ster
song|ster «SNG stuhr, SONG-», noun.
1. = singer. (Cf.singer)
2. a writer of songs or poems.
3. = songbird. (Cf.songbird)
[Old English sangestre < sang song + -estre -ster]

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