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choristers - 2 dictionary results

chor⋅is⋅ter

[kawr-uh-ster, kor-]
–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
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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