chanter

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UK/ˈtʃɑːntə/US/ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/

noun

One who chants or sings.

Similar
melody pipe
OriginMiddle English chauntour ← Old French chanteor ← Latin cantor →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounchanter (plural chanters)

plural chanters · alternative chantor

  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. archaicOne who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounreed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played

Similar
melody pipe
Broader
pipe
Also see
singer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincantor
  2. Old Frenchchanteor
  3. Middle Englishchauntour
  4. Englishchanter

From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.

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Translations

Bulgarian псалт, свирка
  • псалт (psalt)one who chants or sings
  • свирка (svirka)the pipe of a bagpipe
Finnish melodiapilli
  • melodiapillithe pipe of a bagpipe
French chalumeau
  • chalumeauthe pipe of a bagpipe
German Melodiepfeife
  • Melodiepfeifethe pipe of a bagpipe
Greek ψάλτης
  • ψάλτης (psáltis)one who chants or sings
Hungarian karénekes, kántor
  • karénekesone who chants or sings
  • kántorone who chants or sings
  • szólamsípthe pipe of a bagpipe
Irish cantaire
  • cantaireone who chants or sings
Italian canna della melodia
  • canna della melodiathe pipe of a bagpipe
Polish śpiewak, śpiewaczka
  • śpiewakone who chants or sings
  • śpiewaczkaone who chants or sings
  • kantora priest who sings in a chantry
  • piszczałka melodycznathe pipe of a bagpipe
Portuguese cantor, chantre
  • cantorone who chants or sings
  • chantrea priest who sings in a chantry
  • ponteirothe pipe of a bagpipe
Scottish Gaelic feadan
  • feadanthe pipe of a bagpipe
Spanish cantor; cantante, cantor
  • cantor; cantanteone who chants or sings
  • cantora priest who sings in a chantry
  • caramillothe pipe of a bagpipe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chanter

bantercantorcanterpanterantre
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Anagrams

trancherechantCarthenCenarthChertan
Cite this entry
APA

chanter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanter

MLA

“chanter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chanter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanter.

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