chanter

[ chan-ter, chahn- ]
/ ˈtʃæn tər, ˈtʃɑn- /
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noun

a person who chants; singer.
a chorister; precentor.
the chief singer or priest of a chantry.
the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.

Origin of chanter

1250–1300; chant + -er1; replacing Middle English chantour < Anglo-French, variant of Old French chanteor < Latin cantātōr-, equivalent to cantā(re) to sing (see chant) + -tor -tor

OTHER WORDS FROM chanter

chant·er·ship, noun un·der·chant·er, noun

Words nearby chanter

chant, chant de guerre pour l'armée du rhin, chantage, chantant, chantefable, chanter, chanterelle, chanteur, chanteuse, chantey, chanticleer

Words related to chanter

artist, musician, voice, diva, soloist, crooner, vocalist, troubadour, songbird, songster, minstrel, artiste, warbler, chorister, accompanist, nightingale, singer, leader, precentor, hazan

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British Dictionary definitions for chanter

chanter
/ (ˈtʃɑːntə) /

noun

a person who chants
the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played