chantress

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Definition of chantress

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noun

A female singer or chanter.

“Thee Chauntress, oft the woods among / I woo, to hear thy even song.”
“On this occasion the abbess' kitchen had to provide each lady of the convent with half a goose, the two chantresses, as well as the four usual recipients, receiving doubles, and with a hen or a cock, the fratresses and the subprioress also receiving doubles.”

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From Middle English chaunteresse, from Old French chanteresse; equivalent to chanter + -ess.

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