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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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"Chorus" Quotes from Famous Books

... we heaved the wreckage. Up clambered the Tommies, followed by their unwelcome friend, who managed to sit on the only unbroken portion of the side-car. This was too much for Messrs. Atkins' equanimity. Limp with laughter, we watched them pass from sight amidst a chorus of "Ong! Ong!" followed by flights of oratory in the English tongue which do not bear repeating, but which were received by the peasant as expressions of deep esteem and to which he replied by endeavouring to kiss the Tommies and shouting, ...

— The White Road to Verdun • Kathleen Burke

... orchestra, chorus, and solo voices, and is in six scenes or parts, the first of which is described as being "in the nature of a prologue, wherein a dream of Columbus is pictured. Evil spirits and sirens hover about the sleeping mariner threatening and taunting ...

— Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia • Various

... two seamen, and a lady, in a leaky boat) going to work to stave the casks, got drunk and died drunk, singing "Rule Britannia", when she settled and went down, and ending with one awful scream in chorus.' ...

— Dombey and Son • Charles Dickens

... the Brazilian highlands. The forest did not teem with life. It was generally rather silent; we did not hear such a chorus of birds and mammals as we had occasionally heard even on our overland journey, when more than once we had been awakened at dawn by the howling, screaming, yelping, and chattering of monkeys, toucans, macaws, parrots, and parakeets. There were, however, from time to time, queer sounds from the ...

— Through the Brazilian Wilderness • Theodore Roosevelt

... and the return home ideal; Gilbert steered and relieved each rower in turn, while they sang their Scotch melodies with voices strong and clear, and we all joined in the chorus. When we reached Port Sonachan we heard that our driver had only arrived towards mid-day, and that his horses not being strong enough to stop the carriage on the slope to the ferry, had fallen into the ...

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton • Philip Gilbert Hamerton et al

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