† chorechorn.¹

/kɔː/

Forms: (corruptly in Middle English corde.)

Etymology: < Latin chorus (see chorus n.), at different times, and apparently independently, viz. in Old English, Middle English (in Wyclif and Caxton), and probably again in 16th cent.

Obsolete.

1. The choir or chancel of a church; = choir n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > choir > [noun]

chorea1100

choirc1325

church choir1658

psalmody1664

ritual choir1848

schola cantorum1862

a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1083 Þa Frencisce men bræcen þone chor.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 326/37 Chorus, chor.

?a1200 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 546/43.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 158/4 The quere or chore of the lady chapel.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iv. sig. Aa3 From Campe, chore, cottage, carpet.

2. A dance, or company of dancers [Latin chorus].

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > a dance

chore1382

dance1393

measure?c1430

virlyc1430

tracec1450

platfoot1559

hop-about1593

firk1637

footing1652

ballet1786

stand-up1861

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > company of dancers

chore1647

choir1656

ensemble1915

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xi. 34 With tymbrys and choris [L. cum tympanis et choris].

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 58/3 Alle the wymen folowed her with tympanes and cordes [Exod. xv. 20].

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 66/2 The wymen camen out..syngyng wyth choris and tympanes.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 27 I would Essex Ladies would lead the Chore.

3. A band, company, ‘crew’; = choir n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]

ferec975

flockOE

gingc1175

rout?c1225

companyc1300

fellowshipc1300

covinc1330

eschelec1330

tripc1330

fellowred1340

choira1382

head1381

glub1382

partya1387

peoplec1390

conventc1426

an abominable of monksa1450

body1453

carol1483

band1490

compernagea1500

consorce1512

congregationa1530

corporationa1535

corpse1534

chore1572

society1572

crew1578

string1579

consort1584

troop1584

tribe1609

squadron1617

bunch1622

core1622

lag1624

studa1625

brigadea1649

platoon1711

cohort1719

lot1725

corps1754

loo1764

squad1786

brotherhood1820

companionhood1825

troupe1825

crowd1840

companionship1842

group1845

that ilk1845

set-out1854

layout1869

confraternity1872

show1901

crush1904

we1927

familia1933

shower1936

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 108 Not for Momus or his insensate chore.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xxxviii. 99 in Wks. (1640) III I number these as being of the Chore of Contumelie.

1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal (1767) III. 172 An affair that has given our chore the deepest wound we have ever received.

4. A choir of singers; = choir n. 2, 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] > group of

chapel1420

choir?c1430

chore1641

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > company of singers > [noun]

carol1483

choira1556

chore1641

chorus1656

choral society1858

schola cantorum1898

choral1942

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 95 The whole Chore of Heaven..rejoycing at the conversion of a sinner.

1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet 48 Their Vestments, Organs, Chore, mode of Singing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

choren.²

Brit.

/tʃɔː/, U.S.

/tʃɔr/

Etymology: Phonetic variant of char, chare n.¹

‘A small piece of domestic work, a little job, a char’ (Bartlett Dict. Americanisms); see chare n.¹ 5. Formerly dialect and U.S., but more recently used colloquially of a piece of (time-consuming) drudgery.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task > small or domestic

charec1325

chore1746

society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task > small or domestic > chores

charec1325

trucks1808

chore1820

the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > wearisome or unrewarding > a piece of

menialities1842

chore1870

1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/1 Chuer, a chare, a jobb of work.

1751 J. MacSparran Let. Bk. 16 Sept. (1899) 56 He sent with Peter his black Boy Calais to do chores for a few Days.

1758 J. Adams Wks. (1850) II. 37 Chores, chat, tobacco, tea, steal away time.

1789 N. Webster Diss. Eng. Lang. 112 Chore..is an English word..but in America, it is perhaps confined to New England. It signifies small domestic jobs of work, and its place cannot be supplied by any other single word in the language.

1820 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. xxi. 264 These I must call Americanisms.. Chores..little, odd, detached, or miscellaneous pieces of business.

1841 R. W. Emerson Art in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 369 They despatch the day's weary chores.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 120 After sundown, when the chores were through.

1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 24 Now that is the wisdom of a man..to hitch his waggon to a star, and see his chore done by the gods themselves.

1881 Scribner's Monthly Mar. 704 To procure and cut up bait and do other like chores.

1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Chur.

1882 W. Worcestersh. Gloss. ‘When thee'st done up all the chores, thee canst go out of thee's a mind.’

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Choor.

1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. Choor.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Chore, a job; a piece of business, or work... Chore-woman... Chore-work.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. vi. 155 Two of us do the cooking; one the accounts; and the rest washing, mending, games, singing, dancing and general chores.

1934 J. C. Powys Autobiogr. xii. 634 I did every mortal thing that had to be done, in the way of what Americans call ‘chores’, both outside and inside the house.

1958 Economist 8 Feb. 470/1 Various improvements [of House of Commons procedure] were discussed last week, many of them centring upon the idea of making voting less of a chore.

1958 Economist 15 Feb. 568/1 The Ministry [of Education] hopes to free the teachers from some of their chores.

1959 Times 31 Dec. 5/6 It was by no means a great game—it had probably become by now a chore.

Compounds

C1. chore-girl, chore-man, chore-woman, chore-work.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs

odd man1743

chore-girl18..

chore-boy1848

odd-job man1859

odd-jobber1886

toti1886

wood-and-water joey1887

useful1891

18.. J. G. Whittier Telling Bees in Poems x Went drearily singing the chore-girl small, Draping each hive with a shred of black.

1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 106 William, the chore-man, had killed..them, on Saturday.

C2.

chore-boy n. North American a boy employed in doing odd jobs.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs

odd man1743

chore-girl18..

chore-boy1848

odd-job man1859

odd-jobber1886

toti1886

wood-and-water joey1887

useful1891

1848 Knickerbocker Sept. 230 I afterwards saw Betty,..laughing with the gardener and ‘chore-boy’.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 July 10/1 The Secretary of the Treasury began life as a bank clerk,..the Secretary of the Navy as a ‘chore-boy’ on a farm.

1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxviii. 187 You would have to be chore-boy in a lumber camp.

1957 Fish & Game (Calgary, Alberta) 30 Aug. 11/2 [He] accompanies him on fishing trips and..has gradually slipped into the role of camp-cook and chore-boy.

Derivatives

chore v. intransitive to do ‘chores’.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (intransitive)] > do chores

chore1746

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > come in to work in a house > char or do odd jobs

chore1746

chare1828

oblige1933

odd-job1944

1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 14 Thee wut net break the Cantle-bone..wi' chuering.

1788 J. May Jrnl. 21 July (1873) (modernized text) 88 Two [hands] playing the whipsaw, and the rest choring in the woods.

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xiv. 87 I was obliged to employ Mrs. Jennings to ‘chore round’, to borrow her own expression.

1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 101 The man..who ‘chored’ for us.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Choor, char, to do household work in the absence of a domestic servant.

1885 W. M. Thayer Gen. Grant (1887) v. 63 Farming, choring..was preferable to tanning leather.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Chore, chory. Hence chorer, choring.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	chore
释义	† chorechorn.¹ /kɔː/ Forms: (corruptly in Middle English corde.) Etymology: < Latin chorus (see chorus n.), at different times, and apparently independently, viz. in Old English, Middle English (in Wyclif and Caxton), and probably again in 16th cent. Obsolete. 1. The choir or chancel of a church; = choir n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > choir > [noun] chorea1100 choirc1325 church choir1658 psalmody1664 ritual choir1848 schola cantorum1862 a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1083 Þa Frencisce men bræcen þone chor. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 326/37 Chorus, chor. ?a1200 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 546/43. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 158/4 The quere or chore of the lady chapel. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iv. sig. Aa3 From Campe, chore, cottage, carpet. 2. A dance, or company of dancers [Latin chorus]. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > [noun] > a dance chore1382 dance1393 measure?c1430 virlyc1430 tracec1450 platfoot1559 hop-about1593 firk1637 footing1652 ballet1786 stand-up1861 society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > company of dancers chore1647 choir1656 ensemble1915 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xi. 34 With tymbrys and choris [L. cum tympanis et choris]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 58/3 Alle the wymen folowed her with tympanes and cordes [Exod. xv. 20]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 66/2 The wymen camen out..syngyng wyth choris and tympanes. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 27 I would Essex Ladies would lead the Chore. 3. A band, company, ‘crew’; = choir n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] ferec975 flockOE gingc1175 rout?c1225 companyc1300 fellowshipc1300 covinc1330 eschelec1330 tripc1330 fellowred1340 choira1382 head1381 glub1382 partya1387 peoplec1390 conventc1426 an abominable of monksa1450 body1453 carol1483 band1490 compernagea1500 consorce1512 congregationa1530 corporationa1535 corpse1534 chore1572 society1572 crew1578 string1579 consort1584 troop1584 tribe1609 squadron1617 bunch1622 core1622 lag1624 studa1625 brigadea1649 platoon1711 cohort1719 lot1725 corps1754 loo1764 squad1786 brotherhood1820 companionhood1825 troupe1825 crowd1840 companionship1842 group1845 that ilk1845 set-out1854 layout1869 confraternity1872 show1901 crush1904 we1927 familia1933 shower1936 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 108 Not for Momus or his insensate chore. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xxxviii. 99 in Wks. (1640) III I number these as being of the Chore of Contumelie. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal (1767) III. 172 An affair that has given our chore the deepest wound we have ever received. 4. A choir of singers; = choir n. 2, 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > [noun] > group of chapel1420 choir?c1430 chore1641 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > company of singers > [noun] carol1483 choira1556 chore1641 chorus1656 choral society1858 schola cantorum1898 choral1942 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 95 The whole Chore of Heaven..rejoycing at the conversion of a sinner. 1680 R. Baxter Answer to Dr. Stillingfleet 48 Their Vestments, Organs, Chore, mode of Singing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). choren.² Brit. /tʃɔː/, U.S. /tʃɔr/ Etymology: Phonetic variant of char, chare n.¹ ‘A small piece of domestic work, a little job, a char’ (Bartlett Dict. Americanisms); see chare n.¹ 5. Formerly dialect and U.S., but more recently used colloquially of a piece of (time-consuming) drudgery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task > small or domestic charec1325 chore1746 society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > piece of work or task > small or domestic > chores charec1325 trucks1808 chore1820 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > wearisome or unrewarding > a piece of menialities1842 chore1870 1746 ‘Devoniensis’ Let. in Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 406/1 Chuer, a chare, a jobb of work. 1751 J. MacSparran Let. Bk. 16 Sept. (1899) 56 He sent with Peter his black Boy Calais to do chores for a few Days. 1758 J. Adams Wks. (1850) II. 37 Chores, chat, tobacco, tea, steal away time. 1789 N. Webster Diss. Eng. Lang. 112 Chore..is an English word..but in America, it is perhaps confined to New England. It signifies small domestic jobs of work, and its place cannot be supplied by any other single word in the language. 1820 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. xxi. 264 These I must call Americanisms.. Chores..little, odd, detached, or miscellaneous pieces of business. 1841 R. W. Emerson Art in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 369 They despatch the day's weary chores. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys 120 After sundown, when the chores were through. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 24 Now that is the wisdom of a man..to hitch his waggon to a star, and see his chore done by the gods themselves. 1881 Scribner's Monthly Mar. 704 To procure and cut up bait and do other like chores. 1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Chur. 1882 W. Worcestersh. Gloss. ‘When thee'st done up all the chores, thee canst go out of thee's a mind.’ 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Choor. 1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. Choor. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Chore, a job; a piece of business, or work... Chore-woman... Chore-work. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. vi. 155 Two of us do the cooking; one the accounts; and the rest washing, mending, games, singing, dancing and general chores. 1934 J. C. Powys Autobiogr. xii. 634 I did every mortal thing that had to be done, in the way of what Americans call ‘chores’, both outside and inside the house. 1958 Economist 8 Feb. 470/1 Various improvements [of House of Commons procedure] were discussed last week, many of them centring upon the idea of making voting less of a chore. 1958 Economist 15 Feb. 568/1 The Ministry [of Education] hopes to free the teachers from some of their chores. 1959 Times 31 Dec. 5/6 It was by no means a great game—it had probably become by now a chore. Compounds C1. chore-girl, chore-man, chore-woman, chore-work. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs odd man1743 chore-girl18.. chore-boy1848 odd-job man1859 odd-jobber1886 toti1886 wood-and-water joey1887 useful1891 18.. J. G. Whittier Telling Bees in Poems x Went drearily singing the chore-girl small, Draping each hive with a shred of black. 1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 106 William, the chore-man, had killed..them, on Saturday. C2. chore-boy n. North American a boy employed in doing odd jobs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs odd man1743 chore-girl18.. chore-boy1848 odd-job man1859 odd-jobber1886 toti1886 wood-and-water joey1887 useful1891 1848 Knickerbocker Sept. 230 I afterwards saw Betty,..laughing with the gardener and ‘chore-boy’. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 18 July 10/1 The Secretary of the Treasury began life as a bank clerk,..the Secretary of the Navy as a ‘chore-boy’ on a farm. 1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xxviii. 187 You would have to be chore-boy in a lumber camp. 1957 Fish & Game (Calgary, Alberta) 30 Aug. 11/2 [He] accompanies him on fishing trips and..has gradually slipped into the role of camp-cook and chore-boy. Derivatives chore v. intransitive to do ‘chores’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > duties > [verb (intransitive)] > do chores chore1746 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > be in domestic service [verb (intransitive)] > come in to work in a house > char or do odd jobs chore1746 chare1828 oblige1933 odd-job1944 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 14 Thee wut net break the Cantle-bone..wi' chuering. 1788 J. May Jrnl. 21 July (1873) (modernized text) 88 Two [hands] playing the whipsaw, and the rest choring in the woods. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xiv. 87 I was obliged to employ Mrs. Jennings to ‘chore round’, to borrow her own expression. 1870 A. D. T. Whitney We Girls vi. 101 The man..who ‘chored’ for us. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words Choor, char, to do household work in the absence of a domestic servant. 1885 W. M. Thayer Gen. Grant (1887) v. 63 Farming, choring..was preferable to tanning leather. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Chore, chory. Hence chorer, choring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > see also also refers to : -chorecomb. form < n.¹a1100n.²1746 see also
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† chorechorn.1

choren.2

Compounds

Derivatives

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† chorechorn.¹

choren.²