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chanter

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

noun

  1. a person who chants; singer.

  2. a chorister; precentor.

  3. the chief singer or priest of a chantry.

  4. the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.

chanter British  
/ ˈtʃɑːntə /

noun

  1. a person who chants

  2. the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of chanter

1250–1300; chant + -er 1; replacing Middle English chantour < Anglo-French, variant of Old French chanteor < Latin cantātōr-, equivalent to cantā ( re ) to sing ( chant ) + -tor -tor

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