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chant·er
(chăn′tər)n.
1. A person, such as a chorister, who chants.
2. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
3. A priest who sings in a chantry.
4. A performer who voices the narration and dialogue for all of the characters in Bunraku.
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chanter
(ˈtʃɑːntə)n
1. a person who chants
2. (Instruments) the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played
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chant•er
(ˈtʃæn tər, ˈtʃɑn-)n.
2. the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.
[1250–1300; Middle English chantour < Anglo-French, variant of Old French chanteor < Latin cantātōr- <cantā(re) to sing (see chant)]
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Noun | 1. | chanter - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played bagpipe - a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone pipe - a tubular wind instrument |
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kántorkarénekesszólamsíp