as in cantor
a member of a choir
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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.
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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
The weight of the sound—incorporating five vocal soloists, thirty choristers, and thirty-three instrumentalists—harks back to lumbering mid-twentieth-century accounts by Otto Klemperer and Hermann Scherchen, before the original-instrument movement dictated light textures and fleet tempos.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Performed by an orchestra of 23 musicians and eight choristers under the direction of conductor Mathieu Bonnin, the piece was appreciated with respect by the audience.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
The weight of the sound—incorporating five vocal soloists, thirty choristers, and thirty-three instrumentalists—harks back to lumbering mid-twentieth-century accounts by Otto Klemperer and Hermann Scherchen, before the original-instrument movement dictated light textures and fleet tempos.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Performed by an orchestra of 23 musicians and eight choristers under the direction of conductor Mathieu Bonnin, the piece was appreciated with respect by the audience.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorister
Noun
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After the synagogue’s board voted to dismiss the cantor, scores of families who were loyal to him left.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sheri Allen, cantor and co-founder of Makom Shelanu synagogue in Fort Worth, called the law another attempt to dismantle the wall between church and state.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His estate is aware of the shadow cast by the multiple child abuse allegations against the singer, according to knowledgeable executives.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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The singer’s brief relationship with ex-boyfriend NFL player Stefon Diggs produced a son, born in late November.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 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
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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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In a recent Classic Rock cover story, the band's lead vocalist and bassist revealed why the band will continue on as Rush for its Fifty Something tour.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Its soundtrack is composed and performed by Jeff Tweedy, the lead vocalist and guitarist of Wilco, who lives on the North Side.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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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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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Chorister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorister. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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