crooner

plural crooners

1. entertainmentOne who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.

   My mom likes to listen to old crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey.

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   I have all the characteristics which, according to writers on the sex interests of children, start the responses stirring in a little girl: clean-cut jaw, muscular hand, deep sonorous voice, broad shoulder. Moreover, I am said to resemble some crooner or actor chap on whom Lo has a crush.

   1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, chapter 11, in Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC

   “But, you know, crooners gonna croon.”

   2021 September 16, Sarah Naftalis, “The Casino” (8:14 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou)

   “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.”

   2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (8:44 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5, episode 3, spoken by Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome)