Word Definition

Chorus

  1. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
  2. A band of singers and dancers.
  3. To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
  4. A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
  5. 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. A company of singers singing in concert.
  7. 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.
  8. An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

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