Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chaunter

Chaunter , noun

1.
A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, English]
2.
A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloquial]
He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. — Dickens
3.
The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.