Chorus
Chorus , noun
[Latin, a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Greek {not transcribed}. See Choir.]
1.
(Antiquities) A band of singers and dancers.
The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.
2.
(Greek Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
In chorus or iambic.
3.
An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obsolete]
4.
(Music) A company of singers singing in concert.
5.
(Music) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
6.
(Music) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
7.
The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
Chorus , intransitive verb
To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. — W. D. Howells