chantant
Americanadjective
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melodious; tuneful.
Etymology
Origin of chantant
1780–90; < French: present participle of chanter to sing; chant
Example Sentences
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Et en chantant en l'air montoient Et puis l'un l'autre surmontoient A l'estriuee a qui mieulx mieulx.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
En chantant d'un cueur debonnaire, Dedans ce saint cancionnaire.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
L'un d'eux portoit une croix et un missel, l'autre un encensoir, lui une bible et un psautier et il s'avance ainsi entre eux deux en chantant des cantiques.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
They escaped from the fair and entered a café chantant on Encomienda Street.
From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac
A circus in Barcelona, a Crystal Palace in England, to these may be added a caf� chantant in Moscow, and the magic is dissolved.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
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