See Also: subchanter(medicine)
subchanter(dictionary)

subchanter (iou)



subchanter noun. E16.
[from SUB- 2 + CHANTER, after medieval Latin subcantor, -centor. Cf. SUCCENTOR.]
Orig., a precentor's deputy, a succentor. Now, a vicar choral who assists in chanting the litany.
subchantress noun: only in LME.