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CHORISTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chorister mean?
• CHORISTER (noun)
The noun CHORISTER has 1 sense:
1. a singer in a choir
Familiarity information: CHORISTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A singer in a choir
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("chorister" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chorister"):
choirboy (a boy who sings in a choir)
Holonyms ("chorister" is a member of...):
choir (a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony)
Derivation:
choir (a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony)
Context examples
He has a remarkable head-voice, and will commence as a chorister.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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