singern.¹

Brit.

/ˈsɪŋə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪŋər/

Forms: Also Middle English syngere, Middle English–1500s synger; Middle English synggare, 1500s syngar, singar(e.

Etymology: < sing v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Frisian sjonger, Middle Dutch singer, Middle High German singære, German singer.

a. One who sings; a trained vocalist; also spec. in eccl. use (quot. 1843).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > [noun]

songsterOE

singerc1330

chantera1387

singster1388

voicea1513

modulatora1527

chorister1589

songman1603

cantor1609

warbler1611

melodist1789

vocalist1790

cantator1866

vocaller1876

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4024 After Sysilly com Glegabret, A syngere of þe beste get.

c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 17 And right anon thanne comen Tombesteres,..Syngeres with harpes.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 456/1 Synggare, cantor.

1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 5 Namely, that he..help the Syngers after his cunnyng in the honour of our blessed lady.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 102 Marchauntys therof [sc. pleasures] & craftys men, syngarys & playarys apon instrumentys.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 24 His filching was like An vnskilfull singer, he kept not time.

a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. i. sig. C7^v, in Five New Playes (1653) He..has been..one of the sweet singers to the City Funeralls.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 208 The vocal musicians, or singers,..perform even in private houses for money.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 216 Three thousand singers, with the masters of the respective chorusses.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 268 My judgment is not deep, my lord; but the singer may dispense with my approbation.

1843 W. Hammond tr. Def. Faith Œcumen. Councils 183 If a Subdeacon, Reader, or Singer commits the same things.

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. ii. 113 Farinelli..was proud of being a singer and afraid of being a political agent.

b. Of songbirds. (More frequently songster.)

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound

singing bird1565

songbird1573

whistler1590

singer1626

songster1656

songstress1684

poeta1748

squeaker1808

twitterer1815

night singer1816

song-fowl1877

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §239 We see also, that Cock-birds, among Singing-birds, are ever the better singers.

1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) The canary is a fine singer.

1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 462 Singers (Sylviadæ)... Some of them noted singers.

c. An informer. Cf. sing v.¹ 4d. Criminals' slang.

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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer

wrayerc1000

wrobberc1300

discoverera1400

denunciator1474

informer1503

denouncer1533

detector1541

delatora1572

sycophant1579

inquisitor1580

scout1585

finger man1596

emphanista1631

quadruplator1632

informant1645

eastee-man1681

whiddler1699

runner1724

stag1725

snitch1785

qui tam1788

squeak1795

split1819

clype1825

telegraph1825

snitcher1827

Jack Nasty1837

pigeon1847

booker1863

squealer1865

pig1874

rounder1884

sneak1886

mouse1890

finger1899

fizgig1902

screamer1902

squeaker1903

canary1912

shopper1924

narker1932

snurge1933

cheese eater1935

singer1935

tip-off1941

top-off1941

tout1959

rat fink1961

whistle-blower1970

1935 Amer. Speech 10 20/2 Singer, a stool pigeon or trusty who carries tales to the administration. (Obs.)

1961 John o' London's 30 Nov. 610/3 An informer, then a squealer, is now more often referred to..as a singer.

2. A composer of poetry or verse; a poet.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun]

versifierc1340

poeta1382

metrera1387

sayer?a1400

makerc1460

metrician?a1475

metrist?1545

singer1560

swannetc1560

songster1584

muse1596

Castalianist1607

metre-maker1611

versificator1611

swan1613

versemaker1647

verseman1652

Parnassian1658

bard1667

factist1676

poetic1687

minstrel1718

shaper1816

1560 Bible (Geneva) 2 Sam. xxiii. 1 Dauid.., the swete singer of Israel.

1652 (title) Herbert's Remains, or, sundry Pieces of that sweet Singer of the Temple.

a1704 T. Brown Presbyt. Proposals in Wks. (1711) IV. 126 Quakers, Muggletonians and Sweet-Singers of Israel.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 423 Amidst the throng in Elizabeth's antechamber the noblest form is that of the singer who lays the ‘Faerie Queen’ at her feet.

1880 S. Lanier Sci. Eng. Verse Pref. Wyatt, Surrey, Sackville, and a host of less known or unknown singers.

attributive.c1843 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 74 A sterling man, a true Singer-heart.1906 Month July 90 Some prayer that has come through the centuries from a singer-saint.

Compounds

Special Combinations with singer's:

singer's node n.

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1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xv. 360 Overuse of the voice can cause traumatic laryngitis and ‘singer's nodes’, and a biopsy will demonstrate minute hematomas in various stages of scarring.

1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxii. 22/2 Vocal nodules. These are called singer's nodes because they are seen in singers, particularly sopranos and tenors, but they also occur in others who use their voices excessively, with faulty voice production.

singer's nodule n. Pathology a small pale swelling on a vocal cord.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [noun] > other vocal disorders

aegophony1820

trachyphonia1860

teacher's node1897

singer's nodule1953

1953 C. Wakeley Faber Med. Dict. 389/2 Singers' nodes, or nodules... Syn. chorditis tuberosa.

1967 Punch 29 Mar. 458 Singer's Nodule, the name for a minute warty excrescence on overworked vocal apparatus.

singer's seat n. U.S. a choir-seat or bench (cf. singing-seat at singing n. 4).

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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > choir

singer's seat1777

1777 in Plymouth Church Records (1920) II. 353 Deacon Crombie, our former Chorister, had left ye usual Singer's Seat.

1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) ix. 84 Aunt Ruey..had in her youth been one of the foremost leaders in the ‘singers' seats’.

1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People ix. 79 The great meeting-house on the green was our meeting-house, and the singers' seat therein was our singers' seat.

Draft additions June 2016

singer-songwriter n. (also singer/songwriter) a musician who writes and performs his or her own songs; (also) a related genre of music, rooted in traditional styles such as folk, blues, and country, and typically characterized by personal or poetic lyrics and an intimate, often self-accompanied performance style.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > folk music > [noun] > other folk music

punta1853

ranchera1912

hillbilly1924

mariachi1929

plena1934

Kumina1943

son jarocho1945

son montuno1947

mbube?1948

singer-songwriter1949

boeremusiek1952

juju1954

mento1954

parang1962

musica norteña1974

klezmer1977

norteña1978

maskanda1980

sakkie-sakkie1982

bhangra1985

fuji1985

norteño1992

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > other singers

knackerc1380

jubilist1471

sol-faer1609

serenader1677

comic singer1753

ranter1769

country singer1790

caroler1806

chansonnier1822

troller1824

cantabank1834

triller1873

lion comique1899

chantwell1909

red-hot mama1924

song stylist1931

singer-songwriter1949

playback singer1963

1949 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 July 7/2 Jack Owens, singer-songwriter..will leave soon..for record stints and perhaps night clubs and movies.

1972 R. Meltzer Full Jerry Vale Treatment in Whore just like Rest (2000) 154 And he's never one of these shit-pretty poetry cats either, like lots of singer-songwriters I could mention.

1999 Out Dec. 104 Over a two-decade career, Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry has channeled the highly personal styles of Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro into music both quirky and sublime.

2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Culture section) 21 I've been working with an incredible musician, a singer-songwriter called Daniel Knox who..has created a series of sonic interludes which stitch together the song elements in the show.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	singer
释义	singern.¹ Brit. /ˈsɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋər/ Forms: Also Middle English syngere, Middle English–1500s synger; Middle English synggare, 1500s syngar, singar(e. Etymology: < sing v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Frisian sjonger, Middle Dutch singer, Middle High German singære, German singer. 1. a. One who sings; a trained vocalist; also spec. in eccl. use (quot. 1843). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > [noun] songsterOE singerc1330 chantera1387 singster1388 voicea1513 modulatora1527 chorister1589 songman1603 cantor1609 warbler1611 melodist1789 vocalist1790 cantator1866 vocaller1876 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4024 After Sysilly com Glegabret, A syngere of þe beste get. c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 17 And right anon thanne comen Tombesteres,..Syngeres with harpes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 456/1 Synggare, cantor. 1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 5 Namely, that he..help the Syngers after his cunnyng in the honour of our blessed lady. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 102 Marchauntys therof [sc. pleasures] & craftys men, syngarys & playarys apon instrumentys. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 24 His filching was like An vnskilfull singer, he kept not time. a1652 R. Brome City Wit iii. i. sig. C7^v, in Five New Playes (1653) He..has been..one of the sweet singers to the City Funeralls. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 208 The vocal musicians, or singers,..perform even in private houses for money. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 216 Three thousand singers, with the masters of the respective chorusses. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 268 My judgment is not deep, my lord; but the singer may dispense with my approbation. 1843 W. Hammond tr. Def. Faith Œcumen. Councils 183 If a Subdeacon, Reader, or Singer commits the same things. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. ii. 113 Farinelli..was proud of being a singer and afraid of being a political agent. b. Of songbirds. (More frequently songster.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound singing bird1565 songbird1573 whistler1590 singer1626 songster1656 songstress1684 poeta1748 squeaker1808 twitterer1815 night singer1816 song-fowl1877 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §239 We see also, that Cock-birds, among Singing-birds, are ever the better singers. 1849 J. Craig New Universal Dict. (at cited word) The canary is a fine singer. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 462 Singers (Sylviadæ)... Some of them noted singers. c. An informer. Cf. sing v.¹ 4d. Criminals' slang. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer wrayerc1000 wrobberc1300 discoverera1400 denunciator1474 informer1503 denouncer1533 detector1541 delatora1572 sycophant1579 inquisitor1580 scout1585 finger man1596 emphanista1631 quadruplator1632 informant1645 eastee-man1681 whiddler1699 runner1724 stag1725 snitch1785 qui tam1788 squeak1795 split1819 clype1825 telegraph1825 snitcher1827 Jack Nasty1837 pigeon1847 booker1863 squealer1865 pig1874 rounder1884 sneak1886 mouse1890 finger1899 fizgig1902 screamer1902 squeaker1903 canary1912 shopper1924 narker1932 snurge1933 cheese eater1935 singer1935 tip-off1941 top-off1941 tout1959 rat fink1961 whistle-blower1970 1935 Amer. Speech 10 20/2 Singer, a stool pigeon or trusty who carries tales to the administration. (Obs.) 1961 John o' London's 30 Nov. 610/3 An informer, then a squealer, is now more often referred to..as a singer. 2. A composer of poetry or verse; a poet. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > [noun] versifierc1340 poeta1382 metrera1387 sayer?a1400 makerc1460 metrician?a1475 metrist?1545 singer1560 swannetc1560 songster1584 muse1596 Castalianist1607 metre-maker1611 versificator1611 swan1613 versemaker1647 verseman1652 Parnassian1658 bard1667 factist1676 poetic1687 minstrel1718 shaper1816 1560 Bible (Geneva) 2 Sam. xxiii. 1 Dauid.., the swete singer of Israel. 1652 (title) Herbert's Remains, or, sundry Pieces of that sweet Singer of the Temple. a1704 T. Brown Presbyt. Proposals in Wks. (1711) IV. 126 Quakers, Muggletonians and Sweet-Singers of Israel. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 423 Amidst the throng in Elizabeth's antechamber the noblest form is that of the singer who lays the ‘Faerie Queen’ at her feet. 1880 S. Lanier Sci. Eng. Verse Pref. Wyatt, Surrey, Sackville, and a host of less known or unknown singers. attributive.c1843 T. Carlyle Hist. Sketches (1898) 74 A sterling man, a true Singer-heart.1906 Month July 90 Some prayer that has come through the centuries from a singer-saint. Compounds Special Combinations with singer's: singer's node n. ΚΠ 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xv. 360 Overuse of the voice can cause traumatic laryngitis and ‘singer's nodes’, and a biopsy will demonstrate minute hematomas in various stages of scarring. 1974 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxii. 22/2 Vocal nodules. These are called singer's nodes because they are seen in singers, particularly sopranos and tenors, but they also occur in others who use their voices excessively, with faulty voice production. singer's nodule n. Pathology a small pale swelling on a vocal cord. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [noun] > other vocal disorders aegophony1820 trachyphonia1860 teacher's node1897 singer's nodule1953 1953 C. Wakeley Faber Med. Dict. 389/2 Singers' nodes, or nodules... Syn. chorditis tuberosa. 1967 Punch 29 Mar. 458 Singer's Nodule, the name for a minute warty excrescence on overworked vocal apparatus. singer's seat n. U.S. a choir-seat or bench (cf. singing-seat at singing n. 4). ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > choir singer's seat1777 1777 in Plymouth Church Records (1920) II. 353 Deacon Crombie, our former Chorister, had left ye usual Singer's Seat. 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island (1862) ix. 84 Aunt Ruey..had in her youth been one of the foremost leaders in the ‘singers' seats’. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People ix. 79 The great meeting-house on the green was our meeting-house, and the singers' seat therein was our singers' seat. Draft additions June 2016 singer-songwriter n. (also singer/songwriter) a musician who writes and performs his or her own songs; (also) a related genre of music, rooted in traditional styles such as folk, blues, and country, and typically characterized by personal or poetic lyrics and an intimate, often self-accompanied performance style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > folk music > [noun] > other folk music punta1853 ranchera1912 hillbilly1924 mariachi1929 plena1934 Kumina1943 son jarocho1945 son montuno1947 mbube?1948 singer-songwriter1949 boeremusiek1952 juju1954 mento1954 parang1962 musica norteña1974 klezmer1977 norteña1978 maskanda1980 sakkie-sakkie1982 bhangra1985 fuji1985 norteño1992 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > other singers knackerc1380 jubilist1471 sol-faer1609 serenader1677 comic singer1753 ranter1769 country singer1790 caroler1806 chansonnier1822 troller1824 cantabank1834 triller1873 lion comique1899 chantwell1909 red-hot mama1924 song stylist1931 singer-songwriter1949 playback singer1963 1949 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 3 July 7/2 Jack Owens, singer-songwriter..will leave soon..for record stints and perhaps night clubs and movies. 1972 R. Meltzer Full Jerry Vale Treatment in Whore just like Rest (2000) 154 And he's never one of these shit-pretty poetry cats either, like lots of singer-songwriters I could mention. 1999 Out Dec. 104 Over a two-decade career, Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry has channeled the highly personal styles of Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro into music both quirky and sublime. 2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Culture section) 21 I've been working with an incredible musician, a singer-songwriter called Daniel Knox who..has created a series of sonic interludes which stitch together the song elements in the show. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). singern.² /ˈsɪndʒə/ Etymology: < singe v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which singes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > singeing > one who or that which singer1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2187/1 Singer, an apparatus through which cotton or woolen goods are passed to relieve them of their fluff, preparing them for the dyer. 1891 in Cent. Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1330n.²1875
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singern.1

Compounds

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