Chaunter

n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chanteur. ] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The hedge sparrow. [ 1913 Webster ]