Singer

Noun

 * 1) person who sings, is able to sing, or earns a living by singing
 * 2)  dance figure with a fixed structure, sung by a caller, or a piece of music with that structure. See square dance singer.

Derived terms

 * opera singer

Thesaurus
Heldentenor, Meistersinger, alto, aria singer, artist, artiste, balladeer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso profundo, belly dancer, blues singer, burlesque queen, canary, cantatrice, cantor, caroler, chanter, chantress, choir member, choirboy, chorine, chorister, chorus boy, chorus girl, coloratura soprano, comic bass, conjurer, contralto, coryphee, countertenor, crooner, dancer, dancing girl, danseur noble, deep bass, diva, dramatic soprano, ecdysiast, entertainer, exotic dancer, feature attraction, female impersonator, first tragedian, geisha, geisha girl, guisard, guiser, headliner, heavy lead, hero, heroic tenor, heroine, hoofer, hymner, impersonator, improvisator, jeune premier, lead, lead singer, leading lady, leading man, lieder singer, magician, melodist, mezzo-soprano, minstrel, mountebank, mummer, musician, nautch girl, nightingale, opera singer, peeler, performer, prestidigitator, prima ballerina, prima donna, principal, protagonist, psalm singer, public entertainer, rock-and-roll singer, show girl, singstress, soloist, songbird, songster, songstress, soprano, star, stripper, stripteaser, stripteuse, superstar, tenor, thrush, torch singer, troubador, vaudevillian, vaudevillist, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, warbler, yodeler

Translations

 * Arabic: مطرب, مغن,  المغني
 * Armenian: ,
 * Basque: abeslari
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: kaner
 * Chinese:
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 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kantanto (one who sings), kantisto (professional singer)
 * Finnish:
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 * German: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
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 * Kurdish:
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 * Latin: ,
 * Norwegian: sanger, sangerinne
 * Occitan: ,
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: певец (pevéc), певица  (pevíca), вокалист (vokalíst), вокалистка (vokalístka)
 * Scottish Gaelic: seinneadair, òranaiche, neach-seinn
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene: pevec, pevka
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: (male), sångerska (female)
 * Taos: yò’óna
 * Telugu: పాటగాడు (paaTagaaDu), పాటగత్తె (paaTagatte)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: співак
 * Urdu: ,
 * Vietnamese: ca sĩ


 * : kantisto
 * : stranbêj
 * : cantaire


 * : cântăreaţă, cântăreţ

Related terms

 * caller
 * cantor
 * prima donna
 * sing
 * square dance singer

Anagrams

 * reigns, re-sign, resign, signer

Verb

 * 1) To ape.
 * 2) To sprinkle with flour.

Etymology
In at least the ape sense, from singe.

Anagrams

 * signer