chanters

noun

plural of chanter
as in cantors

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  1. choristers
  2. singers
  3. vocalists
  4. songsters
Noun
  • Chloe was a big fan of the songs and dancing, in particular the young choristers from La Scala, Alicia Keys, and Roberto Bolle’s performance.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of choristers
Noun
  • A lot of people have fantasized about a big tribute concert with lots of guest singers.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026
  • At the Linda Gross Theatre, sixteen singers stand on risers, holding green choral folders.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of singers
Noun
  • The Electric Mayhem will play seasonal songs with a few very special guest vocalists.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Steve Martin and Alison Brown have turned it into a vintage-sounding bluegrass tune and recorded it with an all-star cast of singers and players from that genre, including two of the great living bluegrass vocalists, Del McCoury and Dan Tyminski.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 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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