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chanteuse

noun

Definition of chanteuse

as in songstress

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Recent Examples of chanteuse But the French, bless 'em, have been driving that particular bandwagon for years, and Monroe fits snugly into their longstanding Eurovision tradition of la belle chanteuse with a little something extra in le tanque. — Glen Weldon, NPR, 14 May 2026 Claudine Longet, the French-American chanteuse whose first fame in music, on TV and as the wife of singing star Andy Williams was dwarfed by infamy after her fatal shooting of the Olympic skier Spider Sabich in 1976, has died. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 May 2026 Attendees of last year’s competition claimed that boos directed toward Israel’s chanteuse were drowned out by sound technicians. — Steven Blum, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 At the same time, there’s a harplike, Vangelis-adjacent melody and some cybernetic singing from arty chanteuse Zola Jesus. — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for chanteuse

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Noun

The songstress later welcomed twin daughters Stella and Estere, daughter Mercy, 20, and son David, 20, through adoption.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
In the clip, Norwood signals the engineer before launching into a performance of the theme, which captures the songstress delivering impassioned vocals over a pulsating instrumental.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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In this way, Matt Johnson’s Tony is a fitting tribute to the troubadour chef, whose own legend has only grown since his death by suicide in 2018.

— Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
The cast features not just the creator, who makes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype her own as ukulele troubadour Lulu, but also a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey in the wild role of an inveterate womanizer.

— Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

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