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subchanter

subchanter noun: an underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Noun

subchanter (plural subchanters)

  1. An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
    • A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4

Forms of subchanter

pluralsubchanters

Origin of subchanter

From sub- + chanter.

Questions about subchanter

What does subchanter mean?
Subchanter means an underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
What part of speech is subchanter?
Subchanter is a noun.
What is the plural of subchanter?
The plural of subchanter is subchanters.

Words near subchanter in the dictionary

  1. subchampionship
  2. subchampionships
  3. subchannel
  4. subchanneled
  5. subchannels
  6. subchanter
  7. subchanters
  8. subchapter
  9. subchapters
  10. subcharacter
  11. subcharacteristic

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