English Explanatory Dictionary

songer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A singer (of songs); a songster.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

songer songers

Etymology

Perhaps dialectally inherited from Middle English songere, from Old English sangere, from Proto-Germanic *sangwārijaz (“singer”), whence German Sänger, Dutch zanger etc. Equivalent to song + -er. Alternatively newly formed from these components.

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