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  • noun Plural form of chansonnier.

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Examples

  • The so-called chansonniers of the north, who flourished toward the end of the twelfth century, were also troubadours.

    A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

  • Considerable problems of attribution surround the chansons, and it is likely that many of the anonymous pieces in the beautiful chansonniers made for Marguerite of Austria, including settings of texts by Marguerite herself, are his work.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Lu 2009

  • It was also the time of a great cultural effervescence, the rise of the chansonniers and poets whose influence in the daily lives of the people is phenomenal and is often underestimated.

    The Association of Tomorrow 1979

  • And Quebec chansonniers have for years been the toast of Paris.

    Meeting the Threat at Home and Abroad 1977

  • They had been night-clubbing late - among the chansonniers, which he preferred, now that her wish for the big glittery shows was slaked-and come back to make leisured and tender love.

    There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972

  • They had been night-clubbing late -- among the chansonniers, which he preferred, now that her wish for the big glittery shows was slaked -- and come back to make leisured and tender love.

    Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970

  • And I guess some chansonniers there will understand them,

    France, the 18th year of These States 1900

  • 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.

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • And I guess some chansonniers there will understand

    Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

  • And I guess some chansonniers there will understand them,

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

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