chanson
any of several types of song with French lyrics, occurring from the Middle Ages to the present in a variety of musical styles.
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How to use chanson in a sentence
Overfed celebrities, muttered the cabbies before switching their receivers to Radio chanson.
"chanson," exhibited at the Paris Exposition, 1900, displays something of the same quality.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementPeggy's idle fingers rattled out a little trilling catch from the chanson Florian.
A Butterfly on the Wheel | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger GullThe popular chanson of the Anarchists called La Ravachole originated in this man's deeds and personality.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionAs early as Le chanson de Roland we find: "Les castels pris, les cités violées."
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole France
He met them at their convivial gatherings, he heard the chanson sung by voyageurs, and the "habitant" caught his fancy.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George Bryce
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