chanters

noun

plural of chanter
as in cantors

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  1. choristers
  2. singers
  3. vocalists
  4. songsters
Noun
  • Founded in 1987, Ragazzi Boys Chorus provides musical education and performance opportunities for boys and young men ages 5-18, serving more than 230 choristers from over 100 schools in more than 30 Bay Area communities.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 June 2026
  • While many people have been introduced to English choral services through the angelic voices of the choristers in flowing robes and Elizabethan ruffs who sing at royal weddings and carol services, choirs perform every day in much more humble settings.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of choristers
Noun
  • So the pair enlisted legendary singers like Tina Turner and Macy Gray to lay down takes, but Davis was after a different, newer sound.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
  • His show is the place to find out that Jennifer Lopez thinks real New Yorkers must be born in the city or that Olivia Wilde believes good singers shouldn’t do karaoke—and whether or not the 40-year-old Egyptian American host agrees or disagrees.
    — Leslie Horn Peterson, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of singers
Noun
  • Her three bandmates started a side project, Sweetback, collaborating with an array of vocalists on two albums in 1996 and 2004, while Matthewman has collaborated extensively with American neo soul star Maxwell.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026
  • Over the decades, jazz has been a unifying force — with Black and white musicians sharing stages, and female vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald becoming icons of independence.
    — Abraham Swee, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Definition of vocalists
Noun
  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of songsters
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“Chanters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chanters. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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