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Definition of Chaunt
1. n. & v. See Chant.
Definition of Chaunt
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of chant) ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete spelling of chant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chaunt
1. to chant [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: chant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chaunt
Literary usage of Chaunt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Examiner (1846)
"A chaunt of Life, and other Poems, with Sketches and Essays. By Rev. ... The reader
will find the " chaunt" sad and sweet, yet vigorous and manly. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"[From chaunt, to ' crack ' or ' cry up,' + ER + COVE, a man. ... A writer of
ballads and strei t literature for the use of chaunt- ERS or 'street ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"THE chaunt OF FRIENDSHIP. With temperance and trumpery, on this a New-Year's
Day ; Oh tell me not of prudence, ..."
4. Life and Letters of Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle by Edmund Sheridan Purcell (1900)
"... which so quickly grew upon him, and which years of study convinced him
represented the sacred tradition of a chaunt that had inspired the godfearing men ..."
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