subchanter

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noun

An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

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Meanings

nounsubchanter (plural subchanters)

plural subchanters

  1. An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

    A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.

    1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4

Origin

From sub- + chanter.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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