Chorister Definition

kôrĭ-stər, kŏr-
choristers
noun
A member of a choir, esp. a boy singer.
Webster's New World
One who leads the singing in church of a congregation or choir.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chorister

Noun

Singular:
chorister
Plural:
choristers

Origin of Chorister

  • Middle English queristre from Anglo-Norman cueristre from Medieval Latin chorista from chorus chorus from Latin choral dance chorus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Derived from choir +‎ -ster.

    From Wiktionary

Chorister Sentence Examples

  • His younger brother, JOHANN MICHAEL HAYDN (1737-1806), was also a chorister at St Stephen's, and shortly after leaving the choir-school was appointed Kapellmeister at Grosswardein (1755) and at Salzburg (1762).

  • He was distinctly courteous to even the youngest chorister.

  • Howard Thomas was a cathedral chorister at King's School, Ely where he studied organ with Dr. Arthur Wills.

  • Born in London, James Burton began his musical training in the Choir of Westminster Abbey where he was head chorister under Simon Preston.

  • This attracted the attention of a distant relative named Johann Mathias Frankh, who was schoolmaster in the neighbouring town of Hainburg, and who, in 1738, took the child and for the next two years trained him as a chorister.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHO

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With C and Ending With R

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