From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Singer \Sin"ger\ (s[i^]n"j[~e]r), n. [From Singe.]
One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:
(a) One employed to singe cloth.
(b) A machine for singeing cloth.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Singer \Sing"er\, n. [From Sing.]
One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
[1913 Webster]