"female singer of popular songs," 1888, from French chanteuse (16c.), fem. agent noun of chanter "to sing" (see chant (v.)). In Old French, the word was chanteresse.
双语例句
1. En route, Dan meets chanteuse Lenore Brent, truly his kind of woman.
在旅途中, 丹遇上了女歌手兰诺拉.布兰特, 一个他所喜欢的类型的女人.
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2. She is a famous chanteuse who often sings in the nightclub every Friday night.
