subchanter

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ chanter.

Noun

subchanter (plural subchanters)

  1. An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
    • 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
      A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
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