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CROONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crooner mean?
• CROONER (noun)
The noun CROONER has 1 sense:
1. a singer of popular ballads
Familiarity information: CROONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A singer of popular ballads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
balladeer; crooner
Hypernyms ("crooner" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Instance hyponyms:
Bing Crosby; Crosby; Harry Lillis Crosby (United States singer and film actor (1903-1977))
Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Sinatra (United States singer and film actor (1915-1998))
Derivation:
croon (sing softly)
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