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chorister
chor·is·ter
/
ˈkɔr
ə
stər, ˈkɒr-
/
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[
kawr
-
uh
-ster,
kor
-
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a singer in a
choir
.
2.
a choirboy.
3.
a
choir
leader.
Origin:
1325–75;
<
Medieval Latin
chorist
(
a
) singer in a choir +
-er
1
; replacing
Middle English
queristre
<
Anglo-French,
equivalent to
quer
choir
+
-istre
-ist
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chorister
(ˈkɒrɪstə)
—
n
a singer in a choir, esp a choirboy
[C14: from Medieval Latin
chorista
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chorister
"member of a choir," c.1360 (see
choir
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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