noun
- a person who chants or sings, especially in religious services
- the melody pipe of a bagpipe on which the tune is played
Usage: musical
Examples
- The chanter led the congregation in the evening hymns.
- She served as the main chanter at the monastery for twenty years.
- The bagpiper’s fingers moved skillfully across the chanter holes.
- He practiced scales on his practice chanter before the performance.
- The chanter’s voice echoed through the cathedral during morning prayers.
- A broken reed made the chanter sound flat and muffled.