chanter

 [chan-ter, chahn-]  

chant·er

   [chan-ter, chahn-]
noun
1.
a person who chants; singer.
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.
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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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chanter (ˈtʃɑːntə)
 
—n
1.  a person who chants
2.  the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played

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