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chorister

/ˈkɒɹɪstə(ɹ)//ˈkɔɹɪstɚ/

chorister noun: a singer in a choir; especially a child in a church or cathedral choir.

Noun

chorister (plural choristers)

  1. A singer in a choir; especially a child in a church or cathedral choir.
    • None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough.
    • These be my querysters
      To helpe me to synge,
      My hawkes to mattens rynge!c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 122–124
  2. (US) A director or leader of a choral group.
    • Jane was the chorister of her congregation's choir, and that occupied much of her time on the weekends.

chorister meaning in Tamil

chorister in Tamil

பாடற்குழு உறுப்பினர்

Forms of chorister

pluralchoristers
alternative formquirister

Origin of chorister

Derived from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer). Equivalent to choir + -ster.

Questions about chorister

What does chorister mean?
Chorister means a singer in a choir; especially a child in a church or cathedral choir.
What is chorister in Tamil?
Chorister in Tamil is பாடற்குழு உறுப்பினர். See Chorister meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chorister?
Chorister is a noun.
How do you pronounce chorister?
Chorister is pronounced /ˈkɒɹɪstə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of chorister?
The plural of chorister is choristers.

Words near chorister in the dictionary

  1. chorismites
  2. chorismitic
  3. chorist
  4. chorista
  5. choristate
  6. chorister
  7. choristers
  8. choristic
  9. choristid
  10. choristids
  11. choristoderan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chorister (page history and authors); chorister (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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