"quirister" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: quiristers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quirister (plural quiristers)
  1. Alternative form of chorister Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chorister Categories (topical): Musicians, People Synonyms: quirrister [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-quirister-en-noun-~LryJBC- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Upon the highest spray of every mounting pole,\nThose Quirristers are pearcht with many a speckled breast.",
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          "text": "'You are a tweake, aren't you, Nantwich?' said Morgan, a fat, ugly, Welsh quirister, reviled by the others but being allowed, too, into the menacing conpiracy against me.",
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