choragus

1. 1.

   (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus

   Broaderleader

   Greece · antiquity

Other forms of choragus

plural

choragi

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about choragus

What does choragus mean?

choragus means "(ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus".

How many syllables are in choragus?

choragus has 3 syllables: cho-ra-gus. The stress falls on "cho".

Is choragus a common word?

choragus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.