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chanter

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chanter: see bagpipe bagpipe, musical instrument whose ancient origin was probably in Mesopotamia from which it was carried east and west by Celtic migrations. It was used in ancient Greece and Rome and has been long known in India.
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chanter
the pipe on a set of bagpipes that is provided with finger holes and on which the melody is played


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It set the abbot and the monks in a whirl of excitement, and it rocked the en- chanter to his base.
A singer with a thundering voice -- a man certainly picked out from all the voices of France, as was the drum-major of the imperial guard from all the giants of the empire -- escorted by four other chanters, who appeared to be there only to serve him as an accompaniment, made the air resound, and the windows of the houses vibrate.
 
 
 
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