songstress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of songstress
Example Sentences
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The songstress, who shares children Blue Ivy, 13, and twins Rumi and Sir, 8, with husband Jay-Z, whom she married in 2008, has invested much of her fortune into an impressive real estate portfolio.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026
Others, like those of Sarah Jessica Parker or "Sound of Music" songstress Julie Andrews, hold drawings from television or film productions.
From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025
Sitting casually in an office space in Century City, the veteran songstress had just dropped her youngest at college 24 hours earlier.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
He rattles off a list including Welsh songstress Dame Shirley Bassey, stage icon Liza Minelli, and British TV and music darling Cilla Black – whom they even drove home after her performance one night.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
This may be called excess of expression; the feminine gender, in words like songstress, and the plural number, in words like children, being expressed twice over.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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