crooner

noun

croon·​er ˈkrü-nər How to pronounce crooner (audio)
: one that croons
especially : a singer of popular songs

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At the end of the show, Madison, 26, expressed her thanks to all who made the show possible while standing next to the country crooner. Nicholas Rice, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025 The annual Spring Soirée at Fairfield University’s Quick Center, a benefit for the center’s Arts for All arts education program, features crooner, pianist and American songbook scholar Michael Feinstein with his tribute to Tony Bennett backed by the Carnegie Hall Ensemble. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2025 Years after introducing himself to listeners as a veiled country crooner, Orville Peck's mask is finally coming off. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025 Pop crooner Sting is bringing his popular Sting 3.0 World Tour back to South Florida for a show at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Nov. 7. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crooner

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crooner was in 1888

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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooner. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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