chanteuse

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Published reports say she's 45, but it's my belief the Irish chanteuse is as old as the hills -- so to celebrate, I took a jaunt over to YouTube to check out her video for not an option, at least not till I've personally installed a '' naughty mat '' in my home -- but you've actually green-lit a couple of series that (on paper, at least) I'm pretty excited about.

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  • Banti had been discovered as a chanteuse in a Paris cafe, and afterwards attracted much notice by her fine voice both in Paris and London. —  Haydn
  • For those who want to see her as a seductive chanteuse, the 1958 film, St. Louis Blues, starring Nat King Cole, Ruby Dee, Pearl Bailey and the gospel great, Mahalia Jackson, is a great source. —  Another Green World
  • Talk to singer-guitarist-songwriter-music teacher Tulloch and you can still hear a little New York roots in her dialect (the charming chanteuse was born in Manhattan and raised in Brooklyn). —  Chronogram Articles and Blogs
  • "In the latest round of certs, LeAnn Rimes '' Blue 'went platinum." chantoosie -- female singer (chanteuse); "Chantoosie Barbra Streisand has a warm and sharp set of pipes." —  Variety.com
  • Published reports say she's 45, but it's my belief the Irish chanteuse is as old as the hills -- so to celebrate, I took a jaunt over to YouTube to check out her video for not an option, at least not till I've personally installed a '' naughty mat '' in my home -- but you've actually green-lit a couple of series that (on paper, at least) I'm pretty excited about. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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  1. French, feminine of chanteur, singer, from chanter, to sing; see chant.
 

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