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Chorus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert.

2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts.

3. The song between the acts of a tragedy.

4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song.

5. A musical composition of two or more parts.

6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.

Chorus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A band of singers and dancers.

2. 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.

3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

4. A company of singers singing in concert.

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

6. 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.

Chorus [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.

Chorus Encyclopedia Britannica

CHORUS. See Drama and Music.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 686
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Chorused [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Chorus

Choruses [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Chorus

Chorusing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Chorus