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   Chorus , n.; pl. Choruses . [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. . See Choir.] 
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   (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers.
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   The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Gr. Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
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   What the lofty, grave tragedians taught
   In chorus or iambic.
   Milton.
   
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   An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
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   (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert.
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   (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
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   (Mus.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
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   The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
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   Chorus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
   W. D. Howells.
   
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