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cho⋅ra⋅gus

  [kuh-rey-guhs, koh-, kaw-]
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–noun, plural -gi  [-jahy] , -gus⋅es.
1. (in ancient Greece)
a. the leader of a dramatic chorus.
b. a person who undertook the expense of providing for such a chorus.
2. any conductor of an entertainment or festival.
Also, choregus.

Origin:
1620–30; < L < Gk chorāgós, dial. var. of chorēgós, equiv. to chor(ós) chorus + -ēgos, comb. form of ágein to lead

Related forms:
cho⋅rag⋅ic  [kuh-raj-ik, -rey-jik] , adjective
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