chantoosie

English

Alternative forms

• chantoozie

Etymology

From French chanteuse (“female singer”).

Noun

chantoosie (plural chantoosies)

1. (Canada) A woman employed to sing in a nightclub.
   • 2011 May 20, Eric Grode, “Varla Jean Merman and Leslie Jordan in ’Lucky Guy’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-17:

     The estimable drag queen Varla Jean Merman, meanwhile, treads more familiar but no less fruitful ground as the conniving chantoozie Miss Jeannie Jeannine.

   • 2013 March 28, AJ Marechal, “Demi Lovato Set to Return to 'X Factor'”, in Variety‎^[2], Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-09-26:

     Net confirmed today that Lovato will return to judge season three of the singing competish, which launches this fall. The pop chantoosie joined the show during its second season, helping to draw younger auds to the program.

   • 2015 July 9, Joe Queenan, “From Wonder Boys to Irrational Man: why Hollywood loves a hot professor”, in The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-08:

     Academics play pivotal roles in everything from The Blue Angel (schoolteacher destroyed by ambitious, scantily clad chantoozie) to Goodbye, Mr Chips (lovable schoolteacher behaves lovably to lovable public school boys) to A Beautiful Mind (mentally unstable academic wins Nobel prize and the right to date Jennifer Connelly).