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Added 9 October 2026

singer

/ˈsɪŋ.ə/ noun

In Latin: cantor Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about singer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who sings, often professionally.
It's the singer, not the song.
dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure.

noun

A person who, or device which, singes.
A machine for singeing cloth.

Origin

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.

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