英和和英

名詞

chantress (plural chantresses)

1. A female singer or chanter.
   • 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:

     Thee Chauntress, oft the woods among / I woo, to hear thy even song.

   • 2010, Eileen Power, Medieval English Nunneries: C.1275 to 1535, page 567:

     On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.

同意語

• chanteuse

参照

アナグラム

• snatchers, stanchers