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the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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the musical director of a choir
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: precentor, cantor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musician
From choir + master, a calque of German Chormeister. Piecewise doublet of chorusmaster.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
хорма́йстар
(xormájstar)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Bulgarian:
хорма́йстор
(hormájstor)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Dutch:
koordirigent
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Esperanto:
ĥorestro
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Esperanto:
korusestro
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Faroese:
kórleiðari
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Finnish:
kuoronjohtaja
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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French:
chef de chœur
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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French:
cantor
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chormeister
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chormeisterin
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chorleiter
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chorleiterin
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chordirektor
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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German:
Chordirektorin
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Greek:
μαέστρος
(maéstros)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Hungarian:
karvezető
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Hungarian:
karnagy
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Irish:
stiúrthóir cóir
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Khiamniungan Naga:
tsúitāipāu
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Polish:
chórmistrz
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Russian:
хорме́йстер
(xorméjster)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Russian:
ре́гент
(régent)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Swedish:
kormästare
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Ukrainian:
хорме́йстер
(xorméjster)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Ukrainian:
хорма́йстер
(xormájster)
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
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Welsh:
côr-feistr
— the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal