chauntour
Middle English
/ˌtʃanˈtuːr/, /ˌtʃanˈtuːr/
noun
Definitions
- A chanter; one who sings.
- One who participates or heads a choir.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French chanteor derived from Latin cantor (male singer) affix from Middle English chaunten.
Origin
Middle English
chaunten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantor English
- chant English
- chanter English
- chantress English
- subchanter English
- cantor Latin
- cantōrem Latin
- canō Latin
- cantore Italian
- chanteur French
- cantor Spanish, Castilian
- kantor Polish
- chaunten Middle English
- chaunteresse Middle English
- chaunterie Middle English
- chauntynge Middle English
- enchaunten Middle English
- chanteor Old French
- chanter Old French
- chantere Old French
- chanteresse Old French
- cantor Catalan, Valencian
- cantor Asturian
- cantor Venetian