choirmaster

[ kwahyuh r-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈkwaɪərˌmæs tər, -ˌmɑ stər /

the director of a choir.

Origin of choirmaster

First recorded in 1855–60; choir + master

The choirmaster squeezed his moist palms and wiped an anxious brow.

Unfinished Portraits |Jennette Lee
At the top of the stairs the choirmaster turned and waited for him.

Unfinished Portraits |Jennette Lee
As it was not very favourably received, he resigned his posts of chaplain and choirmaster.

The Browning Cyclopdia |Edward Berdoe
The little training you had from that choirmaster won't account for the wonderful accent and ease with which you sing.

Freckles |Gene Stratton-Porter

An organist and choirmaster was wanted, and the idea of putting a blind man up for the post was scouted as ludicrous.

The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 6 - June 1891 |Various

choirmaster

/ (ˈkwaɪəˌmɑːstə) /

a person who trains, leads, or conducts a choir