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noun

Chorus n. (pl. choruses)

(Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers. "The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers."

(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."

An interpreter in a dumb show or play. (Obs.)

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

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

(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.

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

verb

Chorus v. i. (past & past part. chorused; pres. part. chorusing) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

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Etymology of 'Chorus'

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"Chorus" Quotes from Famous Books

... in love with that big thug, or if you play him for a limousine like a chorus-girl on the make, your career is gone. But if you use him for your future—well, I have a little scheme that might bounce you up to the sky in a hurry. You could have your millionaire and ...

— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

... a godsend, if ever anything was," she was saying. "Here's Max, killing himself in the bank, and Alec growing pale and grouchy in the office, and even Bob—" She was interrupted by a chorus of protests against ...

— Strawberry Acres • Grace S. Richmond

... That was the chorus of the wind's song. Harmonius listened until he knew the whole song from beginning to end; and then he ran on and soon reached his friends, who were still talking of the grand sights that they ...

— Mother Stories • Maud Lindsay

... sibyl, lonely dweller of the old gray cottage. No more shall thy busy fingers twist with curious skill the flaxen fibres that wreath thy distaff—no more shall the hum of thy wheel mingle in chorus with the buzzing of the fly and the chirping of the cricket. But as thou didst say in thy dying hour, "the great wheel of eternity keeps rolling on," and thou art borne along with it, no longer a solitary, weary pilgrim, without an arm to sustain or kindred heart to cheer, but we humbly trust, ...

— Helen and Arthur - or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel • Caroline Lee Hentz

... skies. From aromatic shrubs the roguish gale Steals young perfumes and wafts them through the vale. 20 The youth, turn'd swain, and skill'd in rustic lays, Fast by her side his amorous descant plays. Herds low, flocks bleat, pies chatter, ravens scream, And the full chorus dies a-down the stream: The streams, with music freighted, as they pass Present the fair Lardella with a glass; And Zephyr, to complete the love-sick plan, Waves his light wings, and serves her for a fan. But when maturer Judgment takes the lead, These childish toys on Reason's ...

— Poetical Works • Charles Churchill

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