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choragus

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acghorsuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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  1. (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin chorāgus, from Doric Greek χορᾱγός (khorāgós), from χορός (khorós, “chorus”) + -ᾱγός (-āgós, Doric form of -ηγός (-ēgós, “-leader”)), literally “chorus-leader”. Compare Attic Greek χορηγός (khorēgós).

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  • […] no less a person than Themistocles had, as choragus, defrayed the special cost of the performance.

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