chantress

[chan-tris, chahn-]

noun

1. a woman who chants or sings.

Gender Note

What's the difference between chantress and chanter? See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chantress¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English chanteresse; chanter + -ess

Example Sentences

Chantress Baptist, Carroll County schools’ director of human resources, said she and other administrators are trying several ways to attract more diverse teaching applicants.

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In 1995, I was in Angola working with the United Nations in Operation Chantress.

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Hieroglyphs spell out her name and titles, which include dresser to the king, chantress of the god Amun, and lady of the harem of the god Min.

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Inscriptions on the casket say she was a "chantress", or singer, for the god Amun, probably at the Temple of Karnak.

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Geseke Obrecht and Heylewich the chantress are very sorrowful, because they did not say goodbye to you, for they did not know you were going so early.

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