chanter
nounUK /ˈtʃɑːntə/ · US /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
Etymology From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
1
One who chants or sings.
2
A priest who sings in a chantry.
3
The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
- the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all.1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
4
The hedge sparrow.
5
Archaic One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
- Derived terms
- chantered, chantress, subchanter