chanter

UK: /ˈtʃɑːntə/ US: (chan′tər, chän′-)

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chant•er  (chan′tər, chän′-), n. 

1. a person who chants;
   singer.
2. a chorister;
   precentor.
3. the chief singer or priest of a chantry.
4. the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.

• Latin cantātōr-, equivalent. to cantā(re) to sing (see chant) + -tor -tor
• Anglo-French, variant of Old French chanteor
• 1250–1300; chant + -er¹; replacing Middle English chantour

chant′er•ship′, n. 

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chanter / ˈtʃɑːntə/ noun

1. the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played