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torch singer

noun

  1. a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of torch singer1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Tender, knowing, attuned to youthful melodrama yet wise beyond her years: Every generation should be as lucky as Gen Z to get a torch singer like Eilish.

A torch singer and an adventurer join forces in a tropical port city to trap a racketeer.

Hoping to soak up the final hours of their romantic voyage, Tyler and Rachel Torres, newlyweds from Irving, Texas, took in a performance by a torch singer that evening.

She’s a torch singer for our modern era, which asks too much of those too young, and doesn’t stop until it breaks them.

The Scottish torch singer and the Streatham-born rapper are both up for best male, best newcomer, best single and album of the year at the ceremony, which takes place in London next month.

From BBC

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