Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chorus"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Chorus \Cho"rus\, n.; pl. {Choruses}. [L., a dance in a ring, a
dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and
singers. Gr. ?. See {Choir}.]
1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers.

The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a
chorus of singers. --Dryden.

2. (Gr. Drama) 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.

What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or
iambic. --Milton.

3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]

4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert.

5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which
is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

6. (Mus.) 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.

7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration;
as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Chorus \Cho"rus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chorused}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Chorusing}.]
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D.
Howells.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

chorus
n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
of boos"
2: a group of people assembled to sing together
3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: {refrain}]
4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn: {chorus
line}]
5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn: {Greek
chorus}]
v 1: utter in unison; " `yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: {choir}]


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