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chansonnier

noun

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as in singer

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Recent Examples of chansonnier Ziggy Stardust is on the top of the list and French chansonnier, Serge Gainsbourg, and Iggy Pop, and man, so many interesting and diverse artists that don’t define themselves by their sexuality. — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 28 June 2024 No less instrumental in Minnelli’s development was French chansonnier Charles Aznavour, who taught her how to act a song, making every lyric come from the heart. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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According to the insider, the baby’s middle name, Bean, is a reference to late singer and activist Carl Bean, who co-founded the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a faith group that welcomed the LGBTQ+ community.

— Marzia Nicolini, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026
Susanna Hoffs, the songwriter, novelist, and singer in the Bangles, the nineteen-eighties all-female rock band, was sitting on the shady side of MOMA’s sculpture garden.

— John Seabrook, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of singer

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Pylon features a number of all-star guests, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Deftones‘ Chino Moreno all making appearances as vocalists.

— Thomas Smith, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
On the other hand, the call sheet reads like a who’s who of modern musical theater; a company of vocalists so talented that limiting their range to the spoken word is akin to gathering the world’s Olympians and asking them all to play badminton.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026

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How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.

— Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023

Definition of songster

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On the last night of crooner Harry Belafonte’s weeklong run in Miami Beach in 1967, at the height of his fame, the stage crew and hotel general manager played a prank.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
As seen with Raye and Dean, London cool-girl style meets retro jazz crooner is an aesthetic that’s become ubiquitous among the rising crop of London singers and songwriters with jazz influences.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of crooner

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