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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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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
Miley Cyrus is a powerhouse singer that has multiple ties to the music industry, including her godmother, the iconic country songstress Dolly Parton.

— Ayana Herndon, InStyle, 30 July 2026

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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
Showing the kind of humility that one just doesn’t see in the music business — or, all too often, in any business at all — Frank turned over the last part of the main set to fellow CCM troubadour Cory Asbury.

— Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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