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Webster 1913 Edition


Chaunter

Chaunt′er

,
Noun.
1.
A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
[Slang, Eng.]
2.
A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
[Colloq.]
He was a horse
chaunter
; he’s a leg now.
Dickens.
3.
The flute of a bagpipe. See
Chanter
,
Noun.
, 3.

Definition 2024


chaunter

chaunter

English

Noun

chaunter (plural chaunters)

  1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
  2. (colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
    • Dickens
      He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.
  3. The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.


Old French

Verb

chaunter

  1. (late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of chanter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.