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Definition of Crooner
1. Noun. A singer of popular ballads.
Generic synonyms: Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer
Specialized synonyms: Bing Crosby, Crosby, Harry Lillis Crosby, Francis Albert Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra
Derivative terms: Ballad, Ballad, Croon
Definition of Crooner
1. Noun. One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crooner
1. one that croons [n -S] - See also: croons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crooner
Literary usage of Crooner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"V. crooner. It seems almost certain, indeed, that there is here an ... Grey Gurnard ;
crooner.—It U known by a variety of other names, as Captain, Hardhead, ..."
2. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"The northern provincial name, crooner, says Dr. George Johnston of Berwick, "
may have reference either to the hard and somewhat peculiarly shaped head of ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"... Htn. crooner, coroner. "The crooner's comin i' the morn aboot the bairn they
fund i' the burn. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.. by Wernerian Natural History Society (1811)
"The crooner is very common here. It derives this appellation from the circumstance
of its so forcibly emitting air through its gill-covers, on being taken ..."
5. The Registers of the Parish Church of Leeds by George Denison Lumb, James Singleton, Leeds, Eng. (Parish), Emily Hargrave (1897)
"An infant of Francis crooner, of March laine. 15. ... Elizabeth, wife of Francis
crooner, of March laine. Zo. Alice, wife of Richard Milner, ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"V. crooner. It seems almost certain, indeed, that there is here an ... Grey Gurnard ;
crooner.—It U known by a variety of other names, as Captain, Hardhead, ..."
7. A History of British Fishes by William Yarrell (1841)
"The northern provincial name, crooner, says Dr. George Johnston of Berwick, "
may have reference either to the hard and somewhat peculiarly shaped head of ..."
8. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"... Htn. crooner, coroner. "The crooner's comin i' the morn aboot the bairn they
fund i' the burn. ..."
9. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society.. by Wernerian Natural History Society (1811)
"The crooner is very common here. It derives this appellation from the circumstance
of its so forcibly emitting air through its gill-covers, on being taken ..."
10. The Registers of the Parish Church of Leeds by George Denison Lumb, James Singleton, Leeds, Eng. (Parish), Emily Hargrave (1897)
"An infant of Francis crooner, of March laine. 15. ... Elizabeth, wife of Francis
crooner, of March laine. Zo. Alice, wife of Richard Milner, ..."
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