chanter
English
/ˈtʃɑːntə/, /ˈtʃæntɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who chants or sings.
- A priest who sings in a chantry.
- The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
- The hedge sparrow.
- (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English chauntour derived from Old French chanteor derived from Latin cantor (male singer) affix from English chant.
Origin
English
chant
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantor English
- chant English
- chantest English
- chanteth English
- chanting English
- chantlike English
- chantress English
- plainchant English
- subchanter English
- cantor Latin
- cantōrem Latin
- canō Latin
- cantore Italian
- chanten Dutch, Flemish
- chanteur French
- cantor Spanish, Castilian
- kantor Polish
- chaunten Middle English
- chaunteresse Middle English
- chauntour Middle English
- chanteor Old French
- chanter Old French
- chantere Old French
- cantor Catalan, Valencian
- cantor Asturian
- cantor Venetian