The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torch singer \Torch" sing`er\, n. one who sings torch songs.
Wiktionary
n. a singer of torch songs; most often a woman
WordNet
n. a singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs
Wikipedia
Torch Singer is a 1933 American Pre-Code Paramount Pictures film, directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes, and starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners and Lyda Roberti. The screenplay was written by Lenore J. Coffee and Lynn Starling, based on the short story Mike by Grace Perkins, which was published in Liberty magazine (May 20–27, 1933). It was released on DVD (as part of a six disc set entitled "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection") on April 7, 2009.
Usage examples of "torch singer".
Big Pete is in love with torch singer Maggie Martell, formerly leftist earth mother Maria Martinez.
Luke finds himself the target of every female Zeltron in sight, and Leia finds herself doing a torch singer act.
George Millar, night auditor at the Canton Hotel, was a dapper wiry little man, with a soft deep voice like a torch singer's.
He felt like a torch singer in some smoky little dive in 1929, high on Prohibition liquor and the reefers they were rolling backstage.
The sultry torch singer tends to sing too many Parmesano songs, but while Black Jack McGinty is talking to all the mob types in striped suits, business can be accomplished.
The big new handsome radio in the corner whispered of dancing and love with a deep soft throbbing note like the catch in a torch singer's voice.