crooner

noun

croon·​er ˈkrü-nər How to pronounce crooner (audio)
: one that croons
especially : a singer of popular songs

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The jazz crooner died of a heart attack six years later in 1973 at age 37, while recovering from open-heart surgery. Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 But the most bitter had to be crooner Eddie Fisher, her fourth husband, who suffered the public humiliation of leaving his wife Debbie Reynolds for her (as well as their daughter Carrie), then getting dumped for Burton. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025 Best known as a crooner of award-winning love songs—and perhaps as one-half of a power couple alongside Chrissy Teigen—I’m beginning to think of John Legend as quite the incredible culinarian. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025 But one area that remained dominated by country crooners and fans, albeit amid gradual change, was Broadway. Leena Tailor, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crooner

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of crooner was in 1888

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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooner. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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