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songstress|ˈsɒŋstrɪs|
[Cf. prec. and -ess.]
a. A female singer; a poetess.
b. A female singing-bird.
1703Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) V. 303 A subscription..for Mrs. Seigniora, the Italian songstresse at the playhouses here. 1727–46Thomson Summer 746 Through the soft silence of the listening night, The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. 1801Wordsw. Cuckoo & Night. xlvi, I make a vow, That all this May I will thy songstress be. 1834Lytton Pompeii i. ii, Either in compliment to the music or in compassion to the songstress. 1871Athenæum 8 July 46 This sisterhood of songstresses is closed by..Joanna Baillie. |