Chorus

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I. noun

Etymology: Latin, ring dance, chorus, from Greek choros
Date: 1567
1.
- a. a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action; also a similar company in later plays
- b. a character in Elizabethan drama who speaks the prologue and epilogue and comments on the action
- c. an organized company of singers who sing in concert ; choir; especially a body of singers who sing the choral parts of a work (as in opera)
- d. a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue
2.
- a. a part of a song or hymn recurring at intervals
- b. the part of a drama sung or spoken by the chorus
- c. a composition to be sung by a number of voices in concert
- d. the main part of a popular song; also a jazz variation on a melodic theme
3.
- a. something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons or animals chorus of boos<that eternal chorus of: “Are we there yet?” from the back seat — Sheila More
- b. sounds so uttered <visitors are taken to the woods by car to hear the mournful choruses of howling wolves — Bob Gaines

II. transitive verb