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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors;
[syn: chantey, chanty, sea chantey, shanty]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chantey \Chant"ey\, n. [Cf. F. chanter to sing, and Chant. n.]
   A sailor's song.
   [1913 Webster]

         May we lift a deep-sea chantey such as seamen use at
         sea?                                     --Kipling.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]