chantress

English

Noun

chantress (plural chantresses)

  1. A female singer or chanter.
    • Milton
      Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo, to hear thy even song.
    • 2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567:
      On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.

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