crooner

/ˈkɹuːn.ə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

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noun

"My mom likes to listen to old crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey."
"“But, you know, crooners gonna croon.”"
"“Curious.” “Ah, don't waste those big Vulcan brain juices, T'Lyn. He's just a novelty beach crooner.” “Krog is my favorite musician.” “Oh. Sorry. I-I've heard he's very, uh, tropical.” “He is a master of the Vibe Tubes.”"

Etymology tree English croon Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English crooner From croon + -er.

crooners (plural)

balladeer

sooner lunar schooner tuner spooner bruner gruner pruner neuner cooner buehner gooner

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