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chorister

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒɹɪstə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted cehiorrstStarts with CEnds with R0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a singer in a choir

Word origin

Derived from late Middle English queristre, from an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French cueriste, from cuer (see Middle French cuer). Equivalent to choir + -ster.

Used in a sentence

  • None of the new choristers can sing in tune but they will learn soon enough.
  • These be my querysters To helpe me to synge, My hawkes to mattens rynge!
  • And a Salisbury Cathedral chorister complained that after working late into Christmas Day, an absence of trains meant he and his brother would not be able to get home for "our proper Christmas" until the 27th.

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