chanteurn.
/ˌʃɒnˈtəː/, /ˌʃɑːnˈtəː/, U.S. /ˌʃɑnˈtər/ Originally in French contexts: a male singer, esp. of popular songs. Cf. chanteuse n.
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1860 Frank Leslie's Illustr. Newspaper 28 July 151 Some of the English papers complain that the Orpheonistes, a body of French chanteurs..who recently visited London from Paris..were not hospitably entertained.
1924 W. Deeping Three Rooms xxi.198 Mr. Max had walked..to the..chanteur's cottage.
1970 Financial Times 3 Dec. 3/ Practically all critical and public acclaim for the French chanteur's performance was reserved for a grey-haired gentleman of 62 who joined Distel..in a violin–guitar duet.
2016 Denver Post (Nexis) 15 Apr. 3 c Perhaps no artist's passing has hit as hard or inspired more tributes than that of British chanteur David Bowie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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