Definition of "choirmaster" []

• The director of a group of church singers. (noun)

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• "Their choirmaster is Karen Burke, a graduate of McMaster University and the Royal Conservatory of Music and Director of Music at Banfield Memorial Church."
• "The choirmaster was a gnarled, ogrous beast and yes, I am choosing my words carefully, whose name I have thankfully forgotten."
• "We'll be joined by another faculty member today, David Hughes, organist and choirmaster from just up the road at St. Mary in Norwalk, CT."