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- noun A person who sings
carols ; acarol singer - noun A
bard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a singer of carols
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Examples
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Nightingale of Ceiriog, the sweet caroller Huw Morus, the enthusiastic partizan of Charles and the Church of England, and the never-tiring lampooner of Oliver and the Independents.
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On the whole, in spite of some mystical exceptions, the mediaeval English carol is somewhat external in its religion; there is little deep individual feeling; the caroller sings as a member of the human race, whose curse is done away, whose nature is exalted by the Incarnation, rather than as one whose soul is athirst for God: --
Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles
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Omit them, at the same time banning the house-to-house caroller, and you tyrannically limit men's devotional impulses.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The common thrush often sings far into the night, and the sedge-warbler is a persistent caroller that has often been mistaken for the nightingale.
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Nightingale of Ceiriog, the sweet caroller Huw Morus, the enthusiastic partizan of Charles and the Church of England, and the never-tiring lampooner of Oliver and the Independents.
The Pocket George Borrow George Henry Borrow 1842
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He's turned Army wives into show-stopping singers - but can The Choir's Gareth Malone make me a competent caroller?
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Peter Stanford 2011
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And her advice for the casual, once a year caroller?
BBC News - Home 2010
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