·noun The flute of a bagpipe. ·see Chanter, ·noun, 3.
II. Chaunter ·noun A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
III. Chaunter ·noun A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
Grub-street writers, who compose songs, carrols, &c. for ballad-singers. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose