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subchanters

subchanters is the plural of subchanter.

Meaning of subchanter

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

Questions about subchanters

What is subchanters the plural of?
Subchanters is the plural of subchanter.

Words near subchanters in the dictionary

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

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