noun 2.a chorister; precentor.
3.the chief singer or priest of a
chantry.
4.the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.
Origin: 1250–1300; chant +
-er1; replacing
Middle English chantour <
Anglo-French, variant of
Old French chanteor <
Latin cantātōr-, equivalent to
cantā(
re) to sing (see
chant) +
-tor -tor Related forms chant·er·ship, noun
un·der·chant·er, noun
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