‖ chanteuse
(ʃɑ̃t{obar}z)
[Fr.]
A female singer of popular songs, esp. in France.
| 1888 E. Dowson Let. 13 Nov. (1967) 17 My chanteuse is charming. 1900 M. Corelli Master-Christian 180 The stout ‘chanteuse’ who is the glory of open-air cafés in the Champs Elysées. 1907 Daily Chron. 7 Nov. 4/5 Miss Agatha Ireland, a gifted chanteuse. 1962 P. Brickhill Deadline i. 10 A record-player was murmuring the husky confidences of some chanteuse. |