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quirister

quirister is the alternative form of chorister.

Meaning of chorister

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.
  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.

Forms of quirister

pluralquiristers
alternative form (obsolete)quirrister

Questions about quirister

What is quirister the alternative form of?
Quirister is the alternative form of chorister.

Words near quirister in the dictionary

  1. Quirins
  2. Quirinus
  3. Quirion
  4. Quirions
  5. Quiripi
  6. quirister
  7. quiristers
  8. quiritarian
  9. quiritary
  10. quiritation
  11. Quirite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quirister (page history and authors); chorister (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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