noun
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a person who chants
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the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played
Other Word Forms
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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“This type of thing ought to be done by the parents,” a user named Qian Mo Chanter wrote on Zhihu, a Quora-like platform.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2021
Pleurer et Chanter really does sound like the sum total of NYPC's blank female vocals plus Air at their most ambient-luxuriant.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2013
Newly freed Comrades Robert Thompson and Henry Winston, who came along for the ride, tossed a little more verbal kerosene on the fire; so did Party-Line Chanter Paul Robeson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Ged had thought before of how it was always said, the Nine Masters of Roke, although he knew only eight: Windkey, Hand, Herbal, Chanter, Changer, Summoner, Namer, Patterner.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Master Chanter had sung the Deed of the Young King, and all together had sung the Winter Carol.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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