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chanter - 3 dictionary results

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.

Origin:
1250–1300; chant + -er 1 ; r. ME chantour < AF, var. of OF chanteor < L cantātōr-, equiv. to cantā(re) to sing (see chant ) + -tor -tor


chant⋅er⋅ship, noun
chant·er   (chān'tər)   
n.  
  1. A person, such as a chorister, who chants.
  2. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
  3. A priest who sings in a chantry.

Chanter

Chant"er\ (ch[.a]nt"[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. chanteur.]

1. One who chants; a singer or songster. --Pope.

2. The chief singer of the chantry. --J. Gregory.

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The hedge sparrow.
Language Translation for : chanter
Spanish: corear,
German: im Chor sprechen, *singen,
Japanese: 声をそろえて言う
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