choirchild
choirchild noun: a child who sings in a choir.
Noun
choirchild (plural choirchildren)
- A child who sings in a choir.
- A figure should be agreed upon, and there should be some definite payment for choirchildren (under sixteen), teenagers (sixteen–twenty-one), and adults.1967, Stephen Rhys, King Palmer, “Human Relationships and Official Bodies”, in ABC of Church Music, Hodder and Stoughton, page 158
- They would walk to the tiny, crowded Church of myrrh and frankincense, of altars replete with white lillies^([sic]) and red carnations crowning a painting of the mother and child, of bearded priests with deepthroated voices booming resonant liturgies that mixed with the soprano chants of the...1982 spring, Gillisann Haroian, “Bittersweet”, in Ararat, volume XXIII, number 2, issue number 90, Armenian General Benevolent Union, page 36
Forms of choirchild
| plural | choirchildren |
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Origin of choirchild
From choir + child.
Questions about choirchild
- What does choirchild mean?
- Choirchild means a child who sings in a choir.
- What part of speech is choirchild?
- Choirchild is a noun.
- What is the plural of choirchild?
- The plural of choirchild is choirchildren.
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