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chantress

chantress noun: a female singer or chanter.

Noun

chantress (plural chantresses)

  1. A female singer or chanter.
    • Thee Chauntress, oft the woods among / I woo, to hear thy even song.1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC
    • On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567
    Synonyms:
    chanteuse

Synonyms of chantress

Forms of chantress

pluralchantresses

Origin of chantress

From Middle English chaunteresse, from Old French chanteresse; equivalent to chanter + -ess.

Questions about chantress

What does chantress mean?
Chantress means a female singer or chanter.
What part of speech is chantress?
Chantress is a noun.
What is the plural of chantress?
The plural of chantress is chantresses.

Words near chantress in the dictionary

  1. chantoosies
  2. chantoozie
  3. chantoozies
  4. chantor
  5. chantors
  6. chantress
  7. chantresses
  8. Chantrey
  9. chantries
  10. chantriolide
  11. chantry

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