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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHANTER, n.
1. One who chants; a singer or songster.
2. The chief singer, or priest of the chantry.
3. The pipe which sounds the tenor or treble in a bagpipe.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played [syn: chanter, melody pipe]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. one who chants: a. chorister b. cantor 2. the chief singer in a chantry 3. the reed pipe of a bagpipe with finger holes on which the melody is played

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Mus. the melody-pipe, with finger-holes, of a bagpipe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Precentor Pre*cen"tor, n. [L. praecentor, fr. praecinere to sing before; prae before + canere to sing. See Chant.] A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically: (a) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir. --Hook. (b) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chanter Chant"er (ch[.a]nt"[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. chanteur.] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. --Pope. 2. The chief singer of the chantry. --J. Gregory. 3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The hedge sparrow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook. Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic. Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. Hedge sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. ``While the business of money hangs in the hedge.'' --Pepys.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Singer, songster.