Definition of crooner
: one that croons;
especially
: a singer of popular songs
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Grammy-winning Latin crooner Marc Anthony paid $19 million for a Coral Gables, Fla. home, according to people familiar with the transaction.
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Officials in the eastern Chinese city of Jiaxing in May used A.I.-powered facial-recognition technology to nab the alleged tater taker from a crowd of more than 20,000 people attending a performance by Hong Kong crooner Jacky Cheung.
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Today, the crooner is looking back with this week's #TBT Mixtape, featuring AC/DC, Dave Matthews Band, Neil Young and more.
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Booker became close with Connick when the crooner was a child, through his father, who was district attorney of New Orleans for 30 years.
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For music fans above a certain age, or for listeners who can’t keep track of every young male crooner who shows up on top 40 radio, Charlie Puth and Shawn Mendes may as well be the same person.
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The piano-playing crooner isn't the only one who could join that exclusive club when the 70th Emmy Awards air on Sept. 17 — Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are also on their way to EGOT status.
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Ahead of the country crooner’s 42nd birthday on Monday, Stefani revealed that the partying started early.
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That’s what the British crooner is best at: tapping into that emotional ache and wringing every bit of beautiful sound out of it.
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First Known Use of crooner
1888
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Definition of crooner for English Language Learners
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: a male singer who sings slow, romantic songs in a soft, smooth voice
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