chaunter (plural chaunters)

  1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
    • Dickens
      He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.
  3. The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.


Old FrenchEdit



  1. (late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of chanter


This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.