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chorister

noun

Definition of chorister

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

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Davidson also volunteers as a cantor at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, enjoys volunteering locally and fundraising for Kantorei KC and has volunteered for Congresswoman Sharice Davids’ campaign.

— Sofi Zeman July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
Brook has been an ordained cantor for about a decade.

— Zak Spector, CBS News, 5 May 2026

Definition of cantor

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While out in New York City, the singer and actress wore black capris with a bomber jacket and kitten heels, proving the pants can feel both relaxed and polished.

— Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Earlier this month, Mastodon released a new video, The Mastodon in the Room, which sees the three founding members reflecting on good and bad times with late singer-guitarist Brett Hinds, who died in a motorcycle accident last year.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026

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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
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.

— Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

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Phil Perry is my favorite male vocalist and the songs on this album always throw me back to red light basement party days.

— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 17 July 2026
Already regarded as one of the finest male jazz vocalists on the scene, the Los Angeles singer has yet to fully spread his wings.

— Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of vocalist

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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

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