subchanter

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ chanter

Noun

subchanter (plural subchanters)

1. An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
   • 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:

     A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.