Definition of Chorist

1. n. A singer in a choir; a chorister.

Definition of Chorist

1. Noun. A singer in a choir; a chorister. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chorist

1. a member of a choir [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chorist

chorioretinal
chorioretinitis
chorioretinopathy
choriovitelline placenta
choripetalous
choriqueso
chorises
chorisis
chorism
chorismate
chorismate mutase
chorismate pyruvate-lyase
chorismate synthase-flavin reductase
chorismic acid
chorisms
chorist (current term)
chorista
chorister
choristers
choristic
choristoblastoma
choristodere
choristoderes
choristoma
choristomas
choristomata
chorists
chorizo
chorizos
chorkor

Literary usage of Chorist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays and Studies, Educational and Literary by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (1890)
"... and Tannhauser goes stark mad with love and jealousy, and slays his rival. The sequel is for all the world like an opera:— First chorist:— ..."

2. The Chinese Repository edited by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Willaims (1838)
"St. Philip de Jesus, native of Méjico, a chorist. 6. St Francis de S. Miguel, ... a chorist. 7. St. Louis, aged 10. ..."

3. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"chorist. Л member of a choir. choriste. (.Pré.) A chorist ; a singer in a choir. chorister. A leader of a choir ; a singer. ..."

4. History of the Redemptorists at Annapolis, Md., from 1853 to 1903: With a by Redemptorist Father (1904)
"Several brothers and one chorist made profession elsewhere. NB. Of those chorists that took their vows ... During this time one chorist took the vows. Rev. ..."

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