DCHP-1 Online
chanter 
n. in lumber and other camps, a ballad singer; a singer of chanteys.
- 1909 (1926) If McWha chanced to be singing, for he was a "chanter" of some note, he would appear so utterly absorbed that Rosy-Lilly would at last slip away. . . .
- 1909 (1926) If McWha chanced to be singing, for he was a "chanter" of some note, he would appear so utterly absorbed that Rosy-Lilly would at last slip away. . . .