CHORUSES

Noun

choruses

plural of chorus

Verb

choruses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chorus

Anagrams

• chousers, urochses

Source: Wiktionary


CHORUS

Cho"rus, n.; pl. Choruses. Etym: [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. Choir.]

1. (Antiq.)

Definition: A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

2. (Gr. Drama)

Definition: 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 chorus or iambic. Milton.

3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]

4. (Mus.)

Definition: A company of singers singing in concert.

5. (Mus.)

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

6. (Mus.)

Definition: 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 catcalls.

Cho"rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.]

Definition: To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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