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Antitrochanter
Antitrochanter An`ti*tro*chan"ter, n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
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Precentor Pre*cen"tor, n. [L. praecentor, fr. praecinere to sing before; prae before + canere to sing. See Chant.] A leader of a choir; a directing singer. Specifically: (a) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir. --Hook. (b) The leader of the congregational singing in Scottish and other churches.
Chanter
Chanter Chant"er (ch[.a]nt"[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. chanteur.] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. --Pope. 2. The chief singer of the chantry. --J. Gregory. 3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The hedge sparrow.
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Hedge Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak. Through the verdant maze Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson. Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean; as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc. Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium). Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook. Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See Garlic mustard, under Garlic. Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola, the leaves of which are emetic and purgative. Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage, especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.] Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium, belonging to the Mustard family. Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless. Hedge note. (a) The note of a hedge bird. (b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden. Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak. Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics. Hedge sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a European warbler (Accentor modularis) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white. Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and doney. Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low, scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift. To breast up a hedge. See under Breast. To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. ``While the business of money hangs in the hedge.' --Pepys.
Chanterelle
Chanterelle Chan`te*relle", n. [F.] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.
Disenchanter
Disenchanter Dis`en*chant"er, n. One who, or that which, disenchants.
great trochanter
Trochanter Tro*chan"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
Intertrochanteric
Intertrochanteric In`ter*tro`chan*ter"ic, a. (Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur.
small trochanter
Trochanter Tro*chan"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
Trochanter
Trochanter Tro*chan"ter, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
Trochanteric
Trochanteric Tro`chan*ter"ic, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or both of the trochanters.
Underchanter
Underchanter Un`der*chant"er, n. Same as Subchanter.

Meaning of Hanter from wikipedia

- yellow flowers. The Stanner-Hanter Complex refers to the set of rocks which outcrop at Stanner Hill and the nearby Hanter Hill and Worsel Wood and which...
- traditional dances, of which the most well-known are gavottes, an dro, 'hanter dro, plinn, and Scottish. During the fest noz, most dances are practised...
- traditional Breton dances, the most well-known being gavottes, an dro, the hanter dro, and the plinn. During the fest-noz, most dances are practised in a...
- gneiss at Primrose Hill on the Welsh Borderland Fault System. The Stanner-Hanter Complex outcrops in the terrane, the complex is a magmatic intrusion (non-preserved)...
- May 3, 2022. "Test : Luigi's Mansion : Les fantômes du p****é reviennent hanter la portable de Nintendo". Jeuxvideo. October 11, 2018. Archived from the...
- However, 30 is tregont and not *dek ha ugent ("ten and twenty"), and 50 is hanter-kant ("half-hundred"). Twenty (ugain) is used as a base number in Welsh...
- Anglo-Norman haunter (="to reside", "to frequent"), (Old) French hanter from Norman hanter. haven From Old Norse höfn (="haven, harbor") hit hitta (="to...
- circle", a mixer dance Breton dances like the "Ridée", "Laridé", "Andro", "Hanter Dro" and "Kost ar c'hoat" Ronds (many also from Brittany, but also from...
- Pawle, in Cernow Teage an Blooth Creste an Arleuth whege Meele Sith Cans ha hanter Deege (Translation in English) This Silver bale was given With many Hurlers...
- the Chapelle Saint-Adrien which reads in Breton "En bloaz mil pemp cant hanter cant nemet unan es voe fontet an chapel man en eil sul a mae en amser maest...