n. 1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ] |