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chanters

chanters is the plural of chanter.

Meaning of chanter

Noun

chanter (plural chanters)

  1. One who chants or sings.
  2. A priest who sings in a chantry.
  3. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
    • the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all.1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
  4. The hedge sparrow.
  5. (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Questions about chanters

What is chanters the plural of?
Chanters is the plural of chanter.

Words near chanters in the dictionary

  1. chantepleure
  2. chanter
  3. chantered
  4. chanterelle
  5. chanterelles
  6. chanters
  7. chantership
  8. chanterships
  9. chantest
  10. chanteth
  11. chanteur

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