Jockey vs Chaunter - What's the difference?
jockey | chaunter |
One who rides racehorses competitively.
That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
To ride (a horse) in a race.
To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
To cheat or trick.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
* Dickens
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between jockey and chaunter
is that jockey is one who rides racehorses competitively while chaunter is a street seller of ballads and other broadsides.As a verb jockey
is to ride (a horse) in a race.jockey
English
(wikipedia jockey)Noun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)
Derived terms
* disc jockey * jockReferences
*Verb
(en verb)chaunter
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was a horse chaunter ; he's a leg now.