chorister

noun

Definition of choristernext
as in cantor
a member of a choir

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Recent Examples of chorister More than 600 choristers will perform at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Already Guerrero seems to be able to convey of-the-moment phrasings and character directions with a few emphatic motions—a roller-coaster swoop here, a waggle of the fingers there—and get an immediate response from the choristers. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 Datebook Picks Across the street at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco Symphony labor negotiations have remained tense, with musicians and choristers staging multiple protests over artistic direction, compensation and financial transparency. — Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chorister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorister
  1. cantor
  2. singer
  3. chanter
  4. vocalist
  5. songster
Noun
  • My father attended the Queens Memorial Day parade, while my mother, a lifelong writer, wrote promotional copy for their synagogue’s dinner to honor their longtime cantor’s retirement.
    — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Goldman has been part of the Kol Ami/Broward Central Synagogue system for more than 30 years, having previously served as Kol Ami’s senior cantor.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of cantor
Noun
  • Until someone opens, say, the Maria Callas Ayurvedic Center, this will likely remain the world’s only hotel named after a long-dead opera singer.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While Eddie and the singer famously had their disagreements, Roth paid tribute to his bandmate after the guitarist’s death.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of singer
Noun
  • The chanters scatter and daringly kick and play with the flaming husks while the audience (including me) tries not to panic.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of chanter
Noun
  • The four-piece lineup consisted of Krieger, drummer Ty Dennis, vocalist-bassist Dan Rothchild and keyboardist Ed Roth.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That filter was subsequently applied to shows frozen in 1993, 1994, 1995 and, last night, 1996, with frontman vocalist/guitarist Trey Anastasio wearing the correct attire from the period for every occasion.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 July 2026
Definition of vocalist
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
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
Definition of songster

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