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chor⋅is⋅ter

  [kawr-uh-ster, kor-]
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–noun
1. a singer in a choir.
2. a choirboy.
3. a choir leader.
Origin:
1325–75; < ML chorist(a) singer in a choir + -er 1 ; r. ME queristre < AF, equiv. to quer choir + -istre -ist
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cho·ris·ter   (kôr'ĭ-stər, kōr'-, kŏr'-)   
n.  

  1. A singer in a choir, especially a choirboy or choirgirl.

  2. A leader of a choir.


[Middle English queristre, from Anglo-Norman *cueristre, from Medieval Latin chorista, from chorus, chorus, from Latin, choral dance; see chorus.]
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Word Origin & History

chorister 
"member of a choir," c.1360 (see choir).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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