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choirmaster definition

choir·master (-mas′tər)

noun

the director, or conductor, of a choir

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choirmaster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: Gorczycki followed several composers whom we have met on previous occasions in becoming choirmaster of Wawel Cathedral in 1698.

Preposition: at

  • church: He had been organist and choirmaster at several churches, and played the cello, latterly with the Braunton Orchestral Society.

Adjective modifier

  • young: R If I might add my two pennies worth, as a " young choirmaster " .
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