chantern.²

Brit.

/ˈtʃɑːntə/,

/ˈtʃantə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃæn(t)ər/

Forms:

α. Middle English chantir, Middle English chawnter, Middle English–1500s chauntre, Middle English–1800s chaunter, 1500s– chanter.

β. Middle English chauntur, Middle English chawntor, Middle English chawntour, Middle English chawntowre, Middle English–1500s chauntour, Middle English–1600s chantour, Middle English–1700s chauntor, 1500s chantoure, 1500s–1800s chantor; also Scottish pre-1700 chaintour, pre-1700 chanteour, pre-1700 chantore, pre-1700 chantur.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French chantour; French chantre.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman chaunter, chauntour, chanteour, chantour, chantur (compare Old French chanteor , Middle French, French chanteur ) singer (late 12th cent. in Old French), cantor, precentor (14th cent. or earlier), and partly (ii) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French chantre (French chantre ) precentor, choirmaster (early 13th cent. in Old French), chorister (14th cent.; originally the nominative singular of Old French chanteor , later differentiated in meaning), both < classical Latin cantor cantor n.¹ Compare cantor n.¹, and also earlier chanter n.¹ Compare slightly later chant v.Notes on specific senses. In sense 3 after chantry n. The later semantic development is influenced by chant v.; with sense 5 compare chant v. 5 and later chant v. 6. Notes on specific forms. With β. forms in -or, -ore compare -or suffix. Early use as surname. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by use in surnames, as e.g. Joh. le Chauntur (1281), Rob. Chaunter (1285), Robertus Chauntour (1334), Thomas Chauntour (1390), although some such instances (especially those recorded early) may rather reflect the Anglo-Norman word.

a. A singer in the choir of a church, cathedral, etc.; a chorister. Now historical.

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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xl. 44 With oute the ynner ȝate, treseries of chaunters [1611 King James chambers of the singers; L. gazofilacia cantorum].

1447 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 316/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Item, ii rede copis for chauntours. Item, ii yelow copis for chauntours.

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 The Chawntours eche of them [to haue] vj d.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 34 He wolde do on a cope, & stande and synge as a chantoure in myddes of the quier.

1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 57 Rachil knowes how..to sing two partes in one, as well as the best Chaunter in the Popes Quire.

1662 A. Petrie Compend. Hist. Catholick Church iii. iii. 141 Among the multitude, all the esteem of Divine Worship seems to rely upon the Chanters.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) All great Chapters have Chantors and Chaplains to ease and assist the Canons... But the Word grows obsolete in this Sense, and instead thereof we use the Word Chorister, or Singing-Man.

1811 R. Fenton Hist. Tour Pembrokeshire i. 99 One of the most celebrated musicians of that day, Mr. John Norman, was organist and master of the chanters.

1868 Daily News 10 Nov. Dr. Elvey and Mr. Keeton, with the chanters, assembled in the Horseshoe-cloisters.

1957 H. Lamb Constantinople iv. 159 The choir from The Apostles was joined to the chanters of Hagia Sophia on this Christmas Eve, the first in the great church.

1999 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 3/2 The fifth earl, known as ‘Henry the Magnificent’, had 166 people listed in his household book, including 11 priests and 17 chanters and musicians.

b. A person who leads or directs the singing of a church choir or congregation; a precentor; = cantor n.¹ 2. Also: the chazzan of a Jewish synagogue; = cantor n.¹ 3. Now chiefly historical.See also arch-chanter n., sub-chanter n., underchanter n. at under- prefix¹ 3a(a).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor

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c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 1115 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 59 (MED) Þe chauntur hedde gret wondring Þat he fayled of his seying.

a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 144 (MED) Þe chantir sall be-ginne solemply þis hym..þe quere a verse, þe toþir a-noþir.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlii/2 The freres assembled at pryme, And the chauntor bagan Iam lucis orto.

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 76^v The chaunter..made the whole quier..to fall streight a laughyng.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 85 Simeon also, the Chaunter of Durham.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xvi. 167 Then the chiefe Chorister or Chaunter, singeth halfe their prayer called Kaddesch.

1672 T. Blount Animadversions R. Baker's Chron. 3 For Osbernus Cantuariensis, a Benedictine Monk and Chantor of Canterbury.

1707 S. Ockley tr. L. Modena Hist. Present Jews i. xiv. 58 The Chaunter goes round, and says to every one, calling him by his Name, God bless N. who will contribute so much to such a Charitable Design.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1757 I. 178 (note) The Reverend River Jones, Chanter of Christ Church cathedral at Oxford.

1814 W. Dodsworth Hist. Acct. Salisbury ii. i. 100 The office of the Chanter is to rule the choir, and superintend the singing.

1870 Jewish Herald 1 Aug. 114 In the middle of the Synagogue there is a large tribune (or pulpit)... The Chazan or Chanter stood there and sang the liturgy.

1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. i. i. 19 There were 4 principal persons in the Chapter of Sarum, namely the dean, Chanter, Chancellor and treasurer.

1956 C. Hill Econ. Prob. of Church x. 230 William Cotton, son of a former Bishop of Exeter, was Chanter and canon of Exeter.

1965 J. A. Michener Source 45 The old beadle went to the niche where the Torah was kept... From time to time the beadle summoned different members of the congregation to stand by the chanter, honorary readers as it were.

2002 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 32 612 He..swore a series of oaths before the canons, the chanter, and the vicars choral of the cathedral.

2. gen. A person who chants or sings; a singer (now chiefly Scottish); †a composer or musician (obsolete). In early use occasionally also: †a song bird (obsolete).

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 349 Linus..þe grete chauntour [L. musicus].

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 71 Chawntowre, cantor.

a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 30 (MED) Be a man neuer so gret a chaunter, haue he neuer so cler voys [etc.].

a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) l. 12180 (MED) What nedeth it to speke..of gestours, Or of chauntours þe grete maisters.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 138 If the chaunter or Musicion bee very expert in his arte.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G^v You chearfull chaunters of the flowring woods, That feed your carelesse souls with pleasant layes, O silly birds!

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 444 Jove's æthereal rays (resistless fire) The chanter's soul and raptur'd song inspire.

1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. iv. 357 Chanters who sung their works in great cities, and in the palaces of princes.

1827 J. Rush in N. Amer. Rev. (1829) July 59 Do not be surprised that the pulpit, the senate, the bar, and the chair of medical professorship are filled with such abominable drawlers,..squeakers, chanters, and mongers in monotony.

1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 158 Musical instruments were used to support the voice of the chanter.

1955 J. Hawkes in J. B. Priestley & J. J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow iv. 69 The leaders, the dancers, the drummer and chanters all advanced several yards down the plaza.

1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 170 She was bloody good man a rare chanter. I think it was Crazy she sang.

2013 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 24 When there are racist chants at football matches, the majority of people around the chanters look ashamed.

†3. A priest endowed to say masses in a chantry; = chantry priest n. at chantry n. Compounds 2. Obsolete.

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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cclxviii/1 Whan the chantour herd hym, he..shewed that he erred.

1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 348 The chantor..hath a vicare indowyd underneth hym.

1659 W. Hughes tr. E. Coke Declar. & Pleadings 124 Any Chapleins, Chaunters, or Incombents, or any Chaplein, Chaunter, or Incumbent, of Chauntry.

a1692 E. Ashmole Antiquities of Berks. (1723) III. iii. 24 A certain revenue sufficient for a chanter to one chapel.

1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse iii. i. 35 In a Chapel on the shore, Shall the Chaunters sad and saintly,..Doleful Masses chaunt for thee.

1874 J. Thomson Hist. Dundee 146 The residence of the Chanter or Superior of the Chantry of the Blessed Virgin and St George the Martyr.

4. The pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes, on which the melody is played. Also more fully chanter pipe. Certain types of bagpipe (such as the zampogna of southern Italy) have a double chanter. A practice instrument, consisting of the chanter pipe alone, is often used by learners of the Highland bagpipe.

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1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 135 Tune thy chanter vp and goe with me.

1631 R. Brathwait Cater-character iv. 28 in Whimzies Hee can pipe when hee cannot speake: so as, his Chanter becomes his interpreter.

1756 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. (ed. 3) iv. 158/1 The Chanter or small Pipe, which is about 15 Inches long, with 8 Holes like a Flute.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 23 A broad yellow ribbon, fixed to the chanter-pipe.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 66 See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow From their loud chanters down.

1845 T. Mooney Hist. Ireland vi. 190 Two of the drones were pitched equal to D, on the chanter pipe.

1901 A. D. Campbell in W. L. Manson Highland Bagpipe App. 383 The young piper must not forget that it is the practice chanter that makes the piper, and he should never attempt to play a tune on the full set until he can play it thoroughly on the chanter.

1950 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Aug. 26/5 He has introduced a few minor changes in the chanters of the pipes.

2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics ii. 173 The basic Slavic bagpipe, consisting of a chanter and 1–2 drones.

†5. slang. A fraudulent horse dealer. Cf. chant v. 6. Obsolete.

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horse-chanter1835

1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. vi. 22 Grooms, Jockies, and Chaunters, to Tattersal's bring, Your lame and blind spavin'd prads all in a string.

1835 G. Stephen Adventures Gentleman in Search of Horse ii. 32 A systematic chaunter, who will swindle you both out of horse and money.

1845 W. M. Thackeray Legends of Rhine ii He is a cogger of dice, I tell thee—a chanter of horseflesh.

1914 E. Pugh Cockney at Home 194 I'm what they call a chanter, y'know..I'm a horse-coper, I am.

6. British regional. The dunnock, Prunella modularis. More fully hedge chanter. Now historical and rare.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) > prunella modularis (hedge-sparrow)

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1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 246 Hedge Chanter... Provincial..Dunnock, Dick-Dunnock, Titling.

1831 J. Rennie Archit. Birds i. 5 I found the chanter firmly fixed by the tendons of the wing.

1851 H. G. Adams Favorite Song Birds 187 The Chanter may occasionally be heard.

1865 Morning Star 19 July A cuckoo..found..in the nest of a hedge-chanter.

1906 T. Edwardes Idler in Wilds v. 39 The little hedge-chanter stopped short in his homely melody.

2011 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 26 May 41 The name accentor..means one who sings with another. Hedge Warbler and Hedge Chanter also refer to the song.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chanter
释义	chantern.¹ Brit. /ˈtʃɑːntə/, /ˈtʃantə/, U.S. /ˈtʃæn(t)ər/ Forms: Middle English chanteor, Middle English chantor, Middle English chauntour, 1700s 1900s– chanter. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: enchanter n. Etymology: Shortened < enchanter n. Compare chantment n. rare between Middle English and 20th cent. (historical or archaic in later use). An enchanter, a magician. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > enchanter enchanter1297 chanterc1300 charmera1340 incantator1447 bewitcher1545 spellman1611 incanter1829 c1300 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 623 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 5567) XXVII. 1 Of þe chanteor he let of este wanne god time were Ȝyf hit [sc. a child] were ybore. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 2762 (MED) Let þine chantors..biuore me sone bringe, & icholle prouy biuore þe þat hii telleþ al lesinge. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5897 Þen calde þe king his chauntours [Vesp. enchaunturs]. c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 243 Ac anchanteor [a1400 Trin. Cambr. enchanteour, a1425 Pepys an enchauntoure] Edwyne adde of Spayne..þat couþe hym segge of ys dedes al hou yt ssolde go þoru ys chantement [Trin. Cambr., Pepys enchantement]. 1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. iv. 26 He talks of Giants, and Castles, and Queens, and Princesses, and Chanters, and Magicians. 1902 A. H. Sayce Relig. Anc. Egypt & Babylonia (1903) ii. vii. 415 The class of priests known as ‘Chanters’ or ‘Enchanters’, who had succeeded to the sorcerers and medicine-men of the pre-Semitic past. 2008 C. Pyykkonen & L. Washington Secrets Wee Free Men & Discworld vii. 112 Whether you call them wizards, sorcerers,..spell weavers, chanters, mages, magicians, thaumaturgists, dragon riders, or blacksmiths, these power wielders come in all shapes and sizes these days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chantern.² Brit. /ˈtʃɑːntə/, /ˈtʃantə/, U.S. /ˈtʃæn(t)ər/ Forms: α. Middle English chantir, Middle English chawnter, Middle English–1500s chauntre, Middle English–1800s chaunter, 1500s– chanter. β. Middle English chauntur, Middle English chawntor, Middle English chawntour, Middle English chawntowre, Middle English–1500s chauntour, Middle English–1600s chantour, Middle English–1700s chauntor, 1500s chantoure, 1500s–1800s chantor; also Scottish pre-1700 chaintour, pre-1700 chanteour, pre-1700 chantore, pre-1700 chantur. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French chantour; French chantre. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman chaunter, chauntour, chanteour, chantour, chantur (compare Old French chanteor , Middle French, French chanteur ) singer (late 12th cent. in Old French), cantor, precentor (14th cent. or earlier), and partly (ii) < Anglo-Norman and Middle French chantre (French chantre ) precentor, choirmaster (early 13th cent. in Old French), chorister (14th cent.; originally the nominative singular of Old French chanteor , later differentiated in meaning), both < classical Latin cantor cantor n.¹ Compare cantor n.¹, and also earlier chanter n.¹ Compare slightly later chant v.Notes on specific senses. In sense 3 after chantry n. The later semantic development is influenced by chant v.; with sense 5 compare chant v. 5 and later chant v. 6. Notes on specific forms. With β. forms in -or, -ore compare -or suffix. Early use as surname. Earlier currency is perhaps implied by use in surnames, as e.g. Joh. le Chauntur (1281), Rob. Chaunter (1285), Robertus Chauntour (1334), Thomas Chauntour (1390), although some such instances (especially those recorded early) may rather reflect the Anglo-Norman word. 1. a. A singer in the choir of a church, cathedral, etc.; a chorister. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] songereOE childOE clergionc1325 choristerc1360 chanterc1384 quirera1425 choirman1488 singing man1527 clerk1549 chorista1552 songman1599 singing boy1666 sing-man1691 white boy1691 white man1691 choirist1773 secular1786 chorister-boy1817 choirboy1843 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xl. 44 With oute the ynner ȝate, treseries of chaunters [1611 King James chambers of the singers; L. gazofilacia cantorum]. 1447 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 316/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Item, ii rede copis for chauntours. Item, ii yelow copis for chauntours. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 16 The Chawntours eche of them [to haue] vj d. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 34 He wolde do on a cope, & stande and synge as a chantoure in myddes of the quier. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 57 Rachil knowes how..to sing two partes in one, as well as the best Chaunter in the Popes Quire. 1662 A. Petrie Compend. Hist. Catholick Church iii. iii. 141 Among the multitude, all the esteem of Divine Worship seems to rely upon the Chanters. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) All great Chapters have Chantors and Chaplains to ease and assist the Canons... But the Word grows obsolete in this Sense, and instead thereof we use the Word Chorister, or Singing-Man. 1811 R. Fenton Hist. Tour Pembrokeshire i. 99 One of the most celebrated musicians of that day, Mr. John Norman, was organist and master of the chanters. 1868 Daily News 10 Nov. Dr. Elvey and Mr. Keeton, with the chanters, assembled in the Horseshoe-cloisters. 1957 H. Lamb Constantinople iv. 159 The choir from The Apostles was joined to the chanters of Hagia Sophia on this Christmas Eve, the first in the great church. 1999 Daily Tel. 16 Feb. 3/2 The fifth earl, known as ‘Henry the Magnificent’, had 166 people listed in his household book, including 11 priests and 17 chanters and musicians. b. A person who leads or directs the singing of a church choir or congregation; a precentor; = cantor n.¹ 2. Also: the chazzan of a Jewish synagogue; = cantor n.¹ 3. Now chiefly historical.See also arch-chanter n., sub-chanter n., underchanter n. at under- prefix¹ 3a(a). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > precentor arch-chantera1387 chanterc1390 chanterer1482 ruler1485 precentor1516 cantora1552 taker-up1578 uptaker1620 praise leader1920 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor arch-chantera1387 chanterc1390 chanterer1482 ruler1485 precentor1516 cantora1552 taker-up1578 uptaker1620 precentorial1825 praise leader1920 c1390 (?c1350) St. Bernard l. 1115 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 59 (MED) Þe chauntur hedde gret wondring Þat he fayled of his seying. a1425 Ordination of Nuns (Lansd.) in E. A. Kock Rule St. Benet (1902) 144 (MED) Þe chantir sall be-ginne solemply þis hym..þe quere a verse, þe toþir a-noþir. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxlii/2 The freres assembled at pryme, And the chauntor bagan Iam lucis orto. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique f. 76^v The chaunter..made the whole quier..to fall streight a laughyng. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 85 Simeon also, the Chaunter of Durham. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xvi. 167 Then the chiefe Chorister or Chaunter, singeth halfe their prayer called Kaddesch. 1672 T. Blount Animadversions R. Baker's Chron. 3 For Osbernus Cantuariensis, a Benedictine Monk and Chantor of Canterbury. 1707 S. Ockley tr. L. Modena Hist. Present Jews i. xiv. 58 The Chaunter goes round, and says to every one, calling him by his Name, God bless N. who will contribute so much to such a Charitable Design. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1757 I. 178 (note) The Reverend River Jones, Chanter of Christ Church cathedral at Oxford. 1814 W. Dodsworth Hist. Acct. Salisbury ii. i. 100 The office of the Chanter is to rule the choir, and superintend the singing. 1870 Jewish Herald 1 Aug. 114 In the middle of the Synagogue there is a large tribune (or pulpit)... The Chazan or Chanter stood there and sang the liturgy. 1876 J. Grant Hist. Burgh Schools Scotl. i. i. 19 There were 4 principal persons in the Chapter of Sarum, namely the dean, Chanter, Chancellor and treasurer. 1956 C. Hill Econ. Prob. of Church x. 230 William Cotton, son of a former Bishop of Exeter, was Chanter and canon of Exeter. 1965 J. A. Michener Source 45 The old beadle went to the niche where the Torah was kept... From time to time the beadle summoned different members of the congregation to stand by the chanter, honorary readers as it were. 2002 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 32 612 He..swore a series of oaths before the canons, the chanter, and the vicars choral of the cathedral. 2. gen. A person who chants or sings; a singer (now chiefly Scottish); †a composer or musician (obsolete). In early use occasionally also: †a song bird (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > [noun] songsterOE singerc1330 chantera1387 singster1388 voicea1513 modulatora1527 chorister1589 songman1603 cantor1609 warbler1611 melodist1789 vocalist1790 cantator1866 vocaller1876 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 349 Linus..þe grete chauntour [L. musicus]. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 71 Chawntowre, cantor. a1450 (c1400) in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 30 (MED) Be a man neuer so gret a chaunter, haue he neuer so cler voys [etc.]. a1500 (a1450) Partonope of Blois (BL Add.) (1912) l. 12180 (MED) What nedeth it to speke..of gestours, Or of chauntours þe grete maisters. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 138 If the chaunter or Musicion bee very expert in his arte. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G^v You chearfull chaunters of the flowring woods, That feed your carelesse souls with pleasant layes, O silly birds! 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 444 Jove's æthereal rays (resistless fire) The chanter's soul and raptur'd song inspire. 1776 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music I. iv. 357 Chanters who sung their works in great cities, and in the palaces of princes. 1827 J. Rush in N. Amer. Rev. (1829) July 59 Do not be surprised that the pulpit, the senate, the bar, and the chair of medical professorship are filled with such abominable drawlers,..squeakers, chanters, and mongers in monotony. 1879 J. Stainer Music of Bible 158 Musical instruments were used to support the voice of the chanter. 1955 J. Hawkes in J. B. Priestley & J. J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow iv. 69 The leaders, the dancers, the drummer and chanters all advanced several yards down the plaza. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 170 She was bloody good man a rare chanter. I think it was Crazy she sang. 2013 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 Jan. 24 When there are racist chants at football matches, the majority of people around the chanters look ashamed. †3. A priest endowed to say masses in a chantry; = chantry priest n. at chantry n. Compounds 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > chantry-priest chaplain1393 chantry priest1429 chanter1483 chanterist1548 cantarist1800 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cclxviii/1 Whan the chantour herd hym, he..shewed that he erred. 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 348 The chantor..hath a vicare indowyd underneth hym. 1659 W. Hughes tr. E. Coke Declar. & Pleadings 124 Any Chapleins, Chaunters, or Incombents, or any Chaplein, Chaunter, or Incumbent, of Chauntry. a1692 E. Ashmole Antiquities of Berks. (1723) III. iii. 24 A certain revenue sufficient for a chanter to one chapel. 1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse iii. i. 35 In a Chapel on the shore, Shall the Chaunters sad and saintly,..Doleful Masses chaunt for thee. 1874 J. Thomson Hist. Dundee 146 The residence of the Chanter or Superior of the Chantry of the Blessed Virgin and St George the Martyr. 4. The pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes, on which the melody is played. Also more fully chanter pipe. Certain types of bagpipe (such as the zampogna of southern Italy) have a double chanter. A practice instrument, consisting of the chanter pipe alone, is often used by learners of the Highland bagpipe. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe > chanter chanter1615 treble1682 muse1782 stick1861 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 135 Tune thy chanter vp and goe with me. 1631 R. Brathwait Cater-character iv. 28 in Whimzies Hee can pipe when hee cannot speake: so as, his Chanter becomes his interpreter. 1756 W. Tans'ur New Musical Gram. (ed. 3) iv. 158/1 The Chanter or small Pipe, which is about 15 Inches long, with 8 Holes like a Flute. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 23 A broad yellow ribbon, fixed to the chanter-pipe. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 66 See the proud pipers on the bow, And mark the gaudy streamers flow From their loud chanters down. 1845 T. Mooney Hist. Ireland vi. 190 Two of the drones were pitched equal to D, on the chanter pipe. 1901 A. D. Campbell in W. L. Manson Highland Bagpipe App. 383 The young piper must not forget that it is the practice chanter that makes the piper, and he should never attempt to play a tune on the full set until he can play it thoroughly on the chanter. 1950 Winnipeg Free Press 12 Aug. 26/5 He has introduced a few minor changes in the chanters of the pipes. 2005 R. Nidel World Music: Basics ii. 173 The basic Slavic bagpipe, consisting of a chanter and 1–2 drones. †5. slang. A fraudulent horse dealer. Cf. chant v. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in horses > fraudulent chanter1823 horse-chanter1835 1823 W. T. Moncrieff Tom & Jerry i. vi. 22 Grooms, Jockies, and Chaunters, to Tattersal's bring, Your lame and blind spavin'd prads all in a string. 1835 G. Stephen Adventures Gentleman in Search of Horse ii. 32 A systematic chaunter, who will swindle you both out of horse and money. 1845 W. M. Thackeray Legends of Rhine ii He is a cogger of dice, I tell thee—a chanter of horseflesh. 1914 E. Pugh Cockney at Home 194 I'm what they call a chanter, y'know..I'm a horse-coper, I am. 6. British regional. The dunnock, Prunella modularis. More fully hedge chanter. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Prunellidae (accentor) > prunella modularis (hedge-sparrow) haysuggec1000 pinnockc1275 suggec1440 dunnock1483 Philipa1500 hedge sparrow1530 titlingc1550 dikesmowler1611 hedge-chat1821 hedge-accentora1825 shuffle-wing1829 chanter1831 Isaac1834 dicky1877 smoky1889 1831 J. Rennie Montagu's Ornithol. Dict. (ed. 2) 246 Hedge Chanter... Provincial..Dunnock, Dick-Dunnock, Titling. 1831 J. Rennie Archit. Birds i. 5 I found the chanter firmly fixed by the tendons of the wing. 1851 H. G. Adams Favorite Song Birds 187 The Chanter may occasionally be heard. 1865 Morning Star 19 July A cuckoo..found..in the nest of a hedge-chanter. 1906 T. Edwardes Idler in Wilds v. 39 The little hedge-chanter stopped short in his homely melody. 2011 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 26 May 41 The name accentor..means one who sings with another. Hedge Warbler and Hedge Chanter also refer to the song. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † chantern.³ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chantier. Etymology: < Middle French, French chantier prop (beginning of the 13th cent. in Old French as gantier) < classical Latin cantērius, canthērius nag, gelding, rafter, prop, support for a vine, of uncertain origin; probably a loanword. Obsolete. rare. A prop for a grapevine, consisting of a horizontal pole supported at either end by a vertical one. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > viticulture > [noun] > trellis for vines chanter1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xxii. 532 If so be it [sc. the vine stock] rest but upon one chanter or raunge of perches [Fr. vne croisee de perche]. 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