diseuse
Americannoun
noun
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My closest confidants were two extraordinary women: Paula Laurence, Broadway star, diseuse and needle-sharp analyst of the passing scene; and Ann Rogers, Welles’s secretary for 30 years.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2015
So coloratura soprano and contemporary music singer Alison Bell, slinky cabaret diseuse Meow Meow, and bel canto soprano Gabriela Istoc were the women fighting for the affections of Mark Padmore's brutally charismatic Macheath.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2013
Ruth Draper has soundly insisted that she is no mere monologist or diseuse; she describes herself as a character actress.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like many a diseuse, Sarah Osnath-Halevy gained telling effects with a .shrug of a shoulder, a lift of an eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small platform had been erected at one end, and as Diana and Miss Lermontof entered, a French diseuse was just ascending it preparatory to reciting in her native tongue.
From The Splendid Folly by Pedler, Margaret
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