noun, masculine/feminine/ʃɑ̃tʁ/plural: chantres
chantre is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.
singer, songster; cantor; bard, minstrel; figurehead; champion; advocate
“Friedrich Nietzsche est le chantre de l'apocalypse de la modernité.” — Friedrich Nietzsche is the champion of the apocalypse of modernity.
Inherited from Old French chantre, from Latin cantor, via the nominative form. Compare chanteur, derived from the Latin accusative cantōrem.