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chaunters

chaunters is the plural of chaunter.

Meaning of chaunter

Noun

chaunter (plural chaunters)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A street seller of ballads or similar songs.
  2. (colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
    • He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 42, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC
  3. The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.

Questions about chaunters

What is chaunters the plural of?
Chaunters is the plural of chaunter.

Words near chaunters in the dictionary

  1. chaunk
  2. chauns
  3. chaunt
  4. chaunted
  5. chaunter
  6. chaunters
  7. chaunting
  8. chauntings
  9. chauntries
  10. chauntry
  11. chaunts

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