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Webster 1913 Edition
Chorus
Cho′rus
,Noun.
pl.
Choruses
(#)
. [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. [GREEK]. See
Choir
.] 1.
(Antiq.)
A band of singers and dancers.
The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a
chorus
of singers. Dryden.
2.
(Gr. Drama)
A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
In
In
chorus
or iambic. Milton.
3.
An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
[Obs.]
4.
(Mus.)
A company of singers singing in concert.
5.
(Mus.)
A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
6.
(Mus.)
Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
7.
The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration;
as, a
. Chorus
of shouts and catcallsCho′rus
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chorused
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chorusing
.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
W. D. Howells.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chorus
CHORUS
, n.1.
A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.2.
The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts.3.
The song between the acts of a tragedy.4.
Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song.5.
A musical composition of two or more parts.6.
Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.