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chantership

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chant⋅er

  [chan-ter, chahn-]
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–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

Related forms:
chant⋅er⋅ship, noun
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