Meaning

noun a person who sings

noun United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)

noun United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)

originInherited 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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