From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsingersing‧er /ˈsɪŋə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] SINGsomeone who singspop/opera/folk etc singer her favourite pop singer a famous Italian opera singer the lead singer (=main singer) of Slade Tina Turner’s backing singers (=people who sing with her)
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singer• In 1979, singer Nancy Wilson hired him to open her nightclub act.• I wanted to have a career as a singer.• If ever a singer were destined for dismissal as a novelty act, it would be him.• Is she the drug-addled singer who made thousands weep?• In those days we had a band with a brass section and a couple of female backing singers.• As well as the choirs, the following also appeared in the cast: Pharaoh's backing singers.• She's very pretty, and a good singer too.• Friday, January 24, the incomparable singer / songwriter Miss Lavelle White takes the stage.• Apart from a mettlesome Emilia in Gisella Pasino the smaller roles are filled with indifferent singers.• a jazz singer• Mick Jagger, the lead singer with the Rolling Stones• an opera singer• But musicians and other singers know who I am.• Jodie dreamed of being a rock singer.• Like a country-western singer, she choruses again and again that her man has done her wrong.backing singers• As well as the choirs, the following also appeared in the cast: Pharaoh's backing singers. 