[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chorus \cho"rus\, n.; pl. choruses. l., a dance in a ring, a
   dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and
   singers. gr. ?. see choir.
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   1. antiq. a band of singers and dancers.
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            the grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a
            chorus of singers.                    --dryden.
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   2. gr. 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.
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            what the lofty, grave tragedians taught
            in chorus or iambic.                  --milton.
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   3. an interpreter in a dumb show or play. obs.
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   4. mus. a company of singers singing in concert.
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   5. mus. a composition of two or more parts, each of which
      is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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   6. mus. 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.
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   7. the simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration;
      as, a chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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see also:
choruses choir 

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