What's the difference between chanteuse and chantress?
Chanteuse
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) From an event in New York that was beamed to London and six other world cities and attended by RIM's founder Mike Lazaridis and chanteuse Alicia Keys, chief executive Thorsten Heins vowed BlackBerry would "lead the move to mobile computing".
(2) The snowman's quest is accompanied by a fey, irritating cover version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's The Power of Love , in which Holly Johnson is replaced by a breathy chanteuse whimpering at the piano like a dog that needs taking for a walk.
(3) If a German singer interpreting American rap about sex isn't enough for you, on 28 May chanteuse Ute Lemper will be interpreting Mexican poetry about sex at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
(4) She wasn't just some hapless wannabe, yet another pissed-up nit who was never gonna make it, nor was she even a ten-a-penny-chanteuse enjoying her fifteen minutes.
(5) A similar fate befalls B&Q's Christmas ad, which opts for a fey, irritating cover version of Our House by another breathy chanteuse.
(6) Not that Nick was ever exactly one to be motivated by a sense of “drive” or ego – there is the story of the time Françoise Hardy, who, as a winsome breathy chanteuse must have obviously been drawn to Drake’s similar, superiority-wrought style, phoned Island Records, more or less ordering Drake over to France to write songs for her.
(7) The show juxtaposes images of young musicians like indie soul man Curtis Harding and woozy chanteuse Clementine Creevy of Cherry Glazerr with more formal portraits of music legends including David Byrne, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry and, in his last sitting, Lou Reed.
(8) Since then it's been a parade of leading chanteuses, from X Factor winner Leona Lewis to ivory-tickler Alicia Keys, with even some rockers entering the fray.
(9) The other heavy hitters include Justin Timberlake's former boy-band, 'NSync , Britney Spears, R&B singer Usher, rockers Linkin Park and Creed, and the debut by chanteuse Norah Jones.
(10) He has seen off heroin and alcohol, and outlived his mentor Andy Warhol , heartbreak chanteuse Nico, and Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison.
(11) Composer Hans Zimmer has revealed that Inception's entire soundtrack, from the booming trombone theme to the strains of rising dread, originates from one of the chanteuse's most famous songs.
(12) Radio stations took the opportunity to dust off a track by the French chanteuse Barbara, which many say did as much to thaw postwar relations as the treaty.
(13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sofi de la Torre – Vermillion Confession time: this song by Spanish chanteuse Sofi de la Torre (who lists her hobbies as making music and eating hamburgers) isn’t new.
Chantress
Definition:
(n.) A female chanter or singer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tamut lived in Thebes around 900BC and had a top job as a temple singer, or chantress, of the god Amun.