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chanteuses

noun

plural of chanteuse
as in songstresses

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  1. troubadours
  2. bards
Noun
  • Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings.
    — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026
  • His early writing reflected the popular style of the French troubadours, courtly poet-musicians who sang of their longing for a beautiful lady.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Definition of troubadours
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  • This is a classic stair-step uptrend, the kind the poets of Ancient Greece composed odes to and bards of the north told tales about around the fire in days of old.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bards
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