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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cantore"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cochiaulleyder"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "korsanger"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "korsongar"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chórzysta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chórzystka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xoríst",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хори́ст"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xorístka",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хори́стка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pévčij",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пе́вчий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "neach-còisir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corista"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"word": "mwanakwaya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "singer in a choir",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "körsångare"
}
],
"word": "chorister"
}
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