chaunter

English

Noun

chaunter (plural chaunters)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
2. (colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
   • Dickens

     He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now.

3. The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Old French

Verb

chaunter

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of canter.

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of chaunter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chaunter			avoir chaunté, chauntez
gerund		en chauntant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chauntant
past participle		chaunté, chauntez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chaunte, chaunt	chauntes, chaunts	chaunte, chaunt	chauntons	chauntez, chauntés	chauntent
	imperfect	chauntoe, chaunteie, chauntoie	chauntoes, chaunteies, chauntoies	chauntot, chaunteit, chauntoit	chauntions, chauntiions	chauntiez, chauntiiez	chauntoent, chauntient, chauntoient
	past historic	chauntai	chauntas	chaunta	chauntames	chauntastes	chaunterent
	future	chaunterai	chaunteras	chauntera	chaunterons	chaunterez, chauntereiz	chaunteront
	conditional	chaunteroe, chauntereie, chaunteroie	chaunteroes, chauntereies, chaunteroies	chaunterot, chauntereie, chaunteroie	chaunterions, chaunteriions	chaunteriez, chaunteriiez	chaunteroent, chauntereient, chaunteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	chaunte, chaunt	chauntes, chaunts	chaunte, chaunt	chauntons	chauntez	chauntent
	imperfect	chauntasse	chauntasses	chauntast	chauntissons	chauntissez, chauntissiez	chauntassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	chaunte	—	chauntons	chauntez	—