chaunter Meaning, Definition & Usage

Chaunt"er noun

Definitions

1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. Slang, Eng.
2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. Colloq.

   He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.