Chorus
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
(2): (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
(3): (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.
(4): (n.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
(5): (n.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
(6): (n.) A company of singers singing in concert.
(7): (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
(8): (v. i.) To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
In the ancient drama a group of persons introduced on the stage representing witnesses of what is being acted, and giving expression to their thoughts and feelings regarding it; originally a band of singers and dancers on festive occasions, in connection particularly with the Bacchus worship.
