poet-singer

What does poet-singer mean?

poet-singer means "a singer of folk songs".

How many syllables are in poet-singer?

poet-singer has 4 syllables and divides as po-et--sin-ger under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for poet-singer?

Close synonyms include folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, troubadour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is poet-singer a common word?

poet-singer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poet-singer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.