chanter

Meaning

Noun

• One who chants or sings.
• A priest who sings in a chantry.
• The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
• The hedge sparrow.
• One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Origin

• From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. cantor.