chorus

chorus
n. & v.
—n. (pl. choruses)
1 a group (esp. a large one) of singers; a choir.
2 a piece of music composed for a choir.
3 the refrain or the main part of a popular song, in which a chorus participates.
4 any simultaneous utterance by many persons etc. (a chorus of disapproval followed).
5 a group of singers and dancers performing in concert in a musical comedy, opera, etc.
6 Gk Antiq. a in Greek tragedy, a group of performers who comment together in voice and movement on the main action. b an utterance of the chorus.
7 esp. in Elizabethan drama, a character who speaks the prologue and other linking parts of the play.
8 the part spoken by this character.
—v.tr. & intr. (of a group) speak or utter simultaneously.
Phrases and idioms:
chorus girl a young woman who sings or dances in the chorus of a musical comedy etc. in chorus (uttered) together; in unison.
Etymology: L f. Gk khoros

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