CHORUS

I. noun Etymology: Latin, ring dance, ~, from Greek choros Date: 1567 1. a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action, a character in Elizabethan drama who speaks the prologue and epilogue and comments on the action, an organized company of singers who sing in concert ; choir , a group of dancers and singers supporting the featured players in a musical comedy or revue, 2. a part of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, the part of a drama sung or spoken by the ~, a composition to be sung by a number of voices in concert, the main part of a popular song, 3. something performed, sung, or uttered simultaneously or unanimously by a number of persons or animals , sounds so uttered , II. transitive verb Date: 1826 to sing or utter in ~