chansonnier
Americannoun
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chansonniers
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chansonnier
From French, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at chanson, -ier 2
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He left as a gruff Yorkshire lad and came back a smooth, silver-tongued chansonnier.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
In a mirthful score for chansonnier and an ensemble replete with toy instruments, Gruber takes delight in small, nasty grotesqueries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2015
Mr. Gruber will perform with the Philharmonic as the chansonnier, a narrative role that involves singing in cabaret, lieder and exaggerated operatic styles as well as speaking, whispering and shrieking.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2011
Simon Rattle led the premiere with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and Mr. Gruber as the chansonnier, in 1978, and the work has traveled widely.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2011
In like manner, comrade is "camerado"; Americans are "Americanos"; a pavement is a "trottoir," and Mr. Whitman himself is a "chansonnier."
From Views and Reviews by Henry James
Among the pantheon of great chansonniers, Aznavour was a born rule-breaker.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2018
On radio, television and in Montmartre cellars, the traditional chansonniers gibe irreverently at De Gaulle's big-power pretensions and the docility of his Cabinet.
From Time Magazine Archive
The practitioners of this form of Gallic humor consist of a small army of chansonniers, moviemakers, Left Bank beachcombers and cartoonists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chansonniers were disciplined last month by being barred from the state-owned radio and TV unless they first submitted tape recordings of their songs.
From Time Magazine Archive
By his will with the bulk of his property was founded "La petite Caisse des chansonniers," a benefit society for less happy Nadauds to come.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards
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