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Webster 1913 Edition


Quirister

Quir′is-ter

(kwĭr′ĭs-tẽr)
,
Noun.
[See
Quire
,
Chorister
.]
A chorister. See
Chorister
.
[R.]
Thomson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quirister

QUIR'ISTER

,
Noun.
One that sings in concert; more generally, the leader of a quire, particularly in divine service; a chorister. But in America, this word is little used and vulgar. The word used is chorister.

Definition 2024


quirister

quirister

English

Noun

quirister (plural quiristers)

  1. chorister
    • 1988 : 'You are a tweake, aren't you, Nantwich?' said Morgan, a fat, ugly, Welsh quirister, reviled by the others but being allowed, too, into the menacing conpiracy against me. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, (Penguin Books, paperback edition, 110)