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n. [ Cf. F. chanteur. ] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The hedge sparrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disenchants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. enchanteur. ] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters. [ 1913 Webster ]