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Chorus

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

(2):

(n.) A band of singers and dancers.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

(5):

(n.) 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.

(6):

(n.) A company of singers singing in concert.

(7):

(n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

(8):

(v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chorus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chorus.html. 1828.
 
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