单词 | chorist |
释义 | choristn. a. A member of a choir. Obsolete. 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 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 12 A Collegiate Paroche Chirch of a 3. Prestes, 2. Clerkes, and 4. Choristes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Choriste, a Chorist; a singing man in a Queere. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. xi. 94 Two Nuns; one a Chorist; the other a Lay-sister. 1744 J. Lewis Life R. Pecock 7 A Master, four fellows..Clerks, conducts, chorists, etc. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 354. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound > one of flock chorister1596 chorist1763 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 325 Now woodland chorists sing. 2. Ancient Greek History. A member of the chorus in the ancient Greek drama. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > chorus in ancient Greek drama > member of chorister1603 chorist1763 choreutes1855 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vii. §9. 141 The Poet's Character became quite distinct from that of Chorist, Actor, or Dancer. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiii. 38 He [Dionysius]..sent reciters and chorists, skilful as well as highly trained, to exhibit his own poetical compositions. 3. a. One who sings in a chorus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > choral singer choralist1841 orpheonist1860 chorist1865 1865 Anthenæum No. 1956. 558/3 The orchestra and the chorists. b. One who joins in the chorus of a song.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 425 The emotions actuating the chorists in a good drinking-song. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1552 |
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