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单词 chorist
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choristn.

/ˈkɒrɪst//ˈkɔːrɪst/
Forms: Also 1500s choriste.
Etymology: < French choriste, < medieval Latin chorista singer in a choir, < chorus choir n.; or < chor- (in chorus n.) + -ist suffix.
1.
a. A member of a choir. Obsolete.
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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.
b. transferred. A feathered chorister. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > bird that makes sound > one of flock
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chorist1763
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 325 Now woodland chorists sing.
2. Ancient Greek History. A member of the chorus in the ancient Greek drama.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > chorus in ancient Greek drama > member of
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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.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > choral singer
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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.
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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).
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