Hypertext Webster Gateway: "singer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Singer \Sin"ger\, n. [From {Singe}.]
One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:
(a) One employed to singe cloth.
(b) A machine for singeing cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Singer \Sing"er\, n. [From {Sing}.]
One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
singer
n 1: a person who sings [syn: {vocalist}, {vocalizer}, {vocaliser}]
2: United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing
machine (1811-1875) [syn: {Singer}, {Isaac M. Singer}, {Isaac
Merrit Singer}]
3: United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and
novels (1904-1991) [syn: {Singer}, {Isaac Bashevis Singer}]
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