singer
Meanings
Plural: singers
Noun
- a person who sings
- United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
- United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)
- A person who sings, often professionally.
- dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.
- A person who, or device which, singes.
- A machine for singeing cloth.
Origin / 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. Compare also Old English sangere, Dutch zanger, German Low German Sänger, German Sänger (“singer”), Danish sanger, Swedish sångare, Icelandic söngvari.
Synonyms
cantor, chanter, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
Scrabble Score: 7
singer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordsinger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
singer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary