chorus

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CHORUS, noun 1. A number of singers; a company of persons singing in concert. 2. The persons who are supposed to behold what passes in the acts of a tragedy, and sing their sentiments between the acts. 3. The song between the acts of a tragedy. 4. Verses of a song in which the company join the singer; or the union of a company with a singer, in repeating certain couplets or verses, at certain periods in a song. 5. A musical composition of two or more parts. 6. Among the Greeks, a chorus consisted of a number of singers and dancers.
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