| 单词 | chorist | 
| 释义 | choristn. a.  A member of a choir. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > chorister > 			[noun]		 songereOE childOE clergionc1325 choristerc1360 chanterc1384 quirera1425 choirman1488 singing man1527 clerk1549 chorista1552 songman1599 singing boy1666 sing-man1691 white boy1691 white man1691 choirist1773 secular1786 chorister-boy1817 choirboy1843 a1552    J. Leland Itinerary 		(1710)	 I. 12  				A Collegiate Paroche Chirch of a 3. Prestes, 2. Clerkes, and 4. Choristes. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Choriste, a Chorist; a singing man in a Queere. 1669    A. Woodhead tr.  Life St. Teresa 		(1671)	  ii. xi. 94  				Two Nuns; one a Chorist; the other a Lay-sister. 1744    J. Lewis Life R. Pecock 7  				A Master, four fellows..Clerks, conducts, chorists, etc. 1766    J. Entick Surv. London in  New Hist. London IV. 354.  				 ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > 			[noun]		 > bird that makes sound > one of flock chorister1596 chorist1763 1763    Brit. Mag. 4 325  				Now woodland chorists sing.  2.  Ancient Greek History. A member of the chorus in the ancient Greek drama. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > 			[noun]		 > chorus in ancient Greek drama > member of chorister1603 chorist1763 choreutes1855 1763    J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music vii. §9. 141  				The Poet's Character became quite distinct from that of Chorist, Actor, or Dancer. 1853    G. Grote Hist. Greece XI.  ii. lxxxiii. 38  				He [Dionysius]..sent reciters and chorists, skilful as well as highly trained, to exhibit his own poetical compositions.  3.   a.  One who sings in a chorus. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > 			[noun]		 > choral singer choralist1841 orpheonist1860 chorist1865 1865    Anthenæum No. 1956. 558/3  				The orchestra and the chorists.  b.  One who joins in the chorus of a song.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1835    Fraser's Mag. 11 425  				The emotions actuating the chorists in a good drinking-song. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < | 
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