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chorister

[kawr-uh-ster, kor-]
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noun

a singer in a choir.
a choirboy.
a choir leader.

RELATED WORDS

artist, musician, voice, diva, soloist, crooner, vocalist, ensemble, choir, troubadour, songbird, songster, minstrel, artiste, warbler, accompanist, chanter, nightingale, entertainer, performer

Nearby words

  1. chorioretinitis,
  2. chorioretinopathy,
  3. choripetalous,
  4. choriso,
  5. chorista,
  6. choristoma,
  7. chorizo,
  8. chork,
  9. chorley,
  10. chorogi

Origin of chorister

1325–75; < Medieval Latin chorist(a) singer in a choir + -er1; replacing Middle English queristre < Anglo-French, equivalent to quer choir + -istre -ist
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chorister

noun

a singer in a choir, esp a choirboy

Word Origin for chorister

C14: from Medieval Latin chorista
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Word Origin and History for chorister

chorister

n.

"member of a choir," mid-14c., queristre, from Anglo-French cueriste, French choriste, from Church Latin chorista, from Latin chorus (see chorus) + -ster. Modern form is from late 16c.

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