: one that croons
especially
: a singer of popular songs
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Masked country crooner Orville Peck will keep his face covered while playing Vega, the vicious fighter who uses metal claws as one of his weapons.
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Marcus Brown’s voice is a crooner’s voice, a baritone, emanating notes from some spot in his body deeper than his chest.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
She’s evolved since then, and her music now has the punchy sexuality of Chappell Roan and the sultry crooner sensibility of Amy Winehouse, with a magnetism all her own.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Nancy had been distraught when the honky-tonk crooner died, and cherished what seemed to be a genuine friendship with West in the immediate months after Jones’ death that quickly blossomed into romance.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Marcus Brown’s voice is a crooner’s voice, a baritone, emanating notes from some spot in his body deeper than his chest.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2025
She’s evolved since then, and her music now has the punchy sexuality of Chappell Roan and the sultry crooner sensibility of Amy Winehouse, with a magnetism all her own.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Nancy had been distraught when the honky-tonk crooner died, and cherished what seemed to be a genuine friendship with West in the immediate months after Jones’ death that quickly blossomed into romance.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooner. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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