1) Cheerleader, often 2) Mantra reciter 3) Melody pipe 4) Monk, at times 5) One of a singing group 6) Pipe 7) Precentor 8) Singer 9) Tabor pipe 1) Intoner 
The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody. It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a recorder. On more elaborate bagpipes, such as the Northumbrian bagpipes or the Uilleann pipes, it also may have a number of keys, to increase the instrument`s range and/or the number....
part of bagpipes on which the melody is played
• (n.) The hedge sparrow. • (n.) One who chants; a singer or songster. • (n.) The chief singer of the chantry. • (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.
(from the article `bagpipe`) ...the bag, which is inflated either by the mouth (through a blowpipe with a leather nonreturn valve) or by bellows strapped to the body. Melodies ...
Chant'er (chȧnt'ẽr) noun [ Confer French chanteur .] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope. 2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory. 3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe . 4. (Zoology)...
Chanter was old slang for a person who fraudulently praised horses in order to sell them.
[n] - reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
melody pipe noun reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
a person who chants; singer. · a chorister; precentor. · the chief singer or priest of a chantry. · the pipe of a bagpipe provided with finger holes for playing the melody.