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chorister

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k???st?(?)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?k???st??/

Noun

chorister (plural choristers)

  1. A singer in a choir.
  2. A director or leader of a choral group.

Synonyms

  • quirister

Translations

Anagrams

  • herstoric, rhetorics, torchiers

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choirboy

English

Etymology

choir +? boy

Noun

choirboy (plural choirboys)

  1. A boy chorister.
  2. (figuratively) A piously innocent person.
    • 2004, Pierre Hazan, Justice in a Time of War (page 108)
      Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.

Translations

Derived terms

  • choirboyish

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