chorister

noun

Definition of choristernext
as in cantor
a member of a choir

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Recent Examples of chorister More than 600 choristers will perform at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025 Already Guerrero seems to be able to convey of-the-moment phrasings and character directions with a few emphatic motions—a roller-coaster swoop here, a waggle of the fingers there—and get an immediate response from the choristers. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 Datebook Picks Across the street at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco Symphony labor negotiations have remained tense, with musicians and choristers staging multiple protests over artistic direction, compensation and financial transparency. — Zara Irshad, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chorister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorister
  1. cantor
  2. singer
  3. chanter
  4. vocalist
  5. songster
Noun
  • Following his opera career, Schachtel’s father became a cantor and married a granddaughter of Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, a rabbi of Grodno, after whom the seminary of Yeshiva University is named.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • My father attended the Queens Memorial Day parade, while my mother, a lifelong writer, wrote promotional copy for their synagogue’s dinner to honor their longtime cantor’s retirement.
    — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of cantor
Noun
  • Has Elizabeth Hurley officially captured the the previously achy breaky heart of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus?
    — Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Payne’s former girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, also marked the anniversary on Instagram, sharing a video of the singer posing with a rainbow visible in the background.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of singer
Noun
  • The chanters scatter and daringly kick and play with the flaming husks while the audience (including me) tries not to panic.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of chanter
Noun
  • Surkamp and his Pavlov’s Dog collaborators reunited in the early 2000s and Surkamp’s wife, Sara, joined as a vocalist and guitarist.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Palm Beach Symphony presents America 250 In Concert, hosted by George Hamilton and featuring Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell as narrator and featured vocalist.
    — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of vocalist
Noun
  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
Definition of songster

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“Chorister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorister. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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