chanter

chant·er

C0241500 (chăn′tər)n.1. A person, such as a chorister, who chants.2. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.3. A priest who sings in a chantry.4. A performer who voices the narration and dialogue for all of the characters in Bunraku.

chanter

(ˈtʃɑːntə) n1. a person who chants2. (Instruments) the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played

chant•er

(ˈtʃæn tər, ˈtʃɑn-)

n. 1. a. a person who chants. b. chorister (def. 1). c. cantor (def. 1). 2. the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody. [1250–1300; Middle English chantour < Anglo-French, variant of Old French chanteor < Latin cantātōr- <cantā(re) to sing (see chant)]

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chanter - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is playedmelody pipebagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the dronepipe - a tubular wind instrument

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