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chantress
[ chan-tris, chahn- ]
noun
- a woman who chants or sings.
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of chantress1
Example Sentences
Chantress Baptist, Carroll County schools’ director of human resources, said she and other administrators are trying several ways to attract more diverse teaching applicants.
In 1995, I was in Angola working with the United Nations in Operation Chantress.
Hieroglyphs spell out her name and titles, which include dresser to the king, chantress of the god Amun, and lady of the harem of the god Min.
Inscriptions on the casket say she was a "chantress", or singer, for the god Amun, probably at the Temple of Karnak.
Then said he: ‘Wherefore dost thou strike me so hardly?’ and she replied: ‘Because thou dost often disturb me,’ to which the devil replied: ‘Yesterday I disturbed thy sister the chantress far more, but she did not hit me.’
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