[f. CROON v. + -ER.] One who croons. In Sc. a name for a fish, the Grey Gurnard (Trigla gurnardus), from the noise it makes when landed.
1808. in Jamieson.
1838. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, I. 170. Trigla gurnardus … the Gurnett or Crooner.
1884. G. H. Boughton, in Harper’s Mag., Dec., 73/1. We … discovered each other—the crooner and I.
