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Chaunter
Chaunt′er
,Noun.
1.
A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
[Slang, Eng.]
2.
A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
[Colloq.]
He was a horse
chaunter
; he’s a leg now. Dickens.
3.
The flute of a bagpipe. See , 3.
Chanter
, Noun.
Definition 2024
chaunter
chaunter
English
Noun
chaunter (plural chaunters)
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
- (colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
- Dickens
- He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.
- Dickens
- The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
Old French
Verb
chaunter
- (late Anglo-Norman) Alternative spelling of chanter
Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of chaunter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | chaunter | avoir chaunté | |||||
gerund | en chauntant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | chauntant | ||||||
past participle | chaunté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | chaunt | chauntes | chaunte | chauntons | chauntez | chauntent |
imperfect | chauntoie, chaunteie, chauntoe, chaunteve | chauntoies, chaunteies, chauntoes, chaunteves | chauntoit, chaunteit, chauntot, chaunteve | chauntiiens, chauntiens | chauntiiez, chauntiez | chauntoient, chaunteient, chauntoent, chauntevent | |
preterite | chauntai | chauntas | chaunta | chauntames | chauntastes | chaunterent | |
future | chaunterai | chaunteras | chauntera | chaunterons | chaunteroiz, chauntereiz, chaunterez | chaunteront | |
conditional | chaunteroie, chauntereie | chaunteroies, chauntereies | chaunteroit, chauntereit | chaunteriiens, chaunteriens | chaunteriiez, chaunteriez | chaunteroient, chauntereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | chaunt | chaunz | chaunt | chauntons | chauntez | chauntent |
imperfect | chauntasse | chauntasses | chauntast | chauntissons, chauntissiens | chauntissoiz, chauntissez, chauntissiez | chauntassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | chaunte | — | chauntons | chauntez | — |