Cho-rē'us or Cho-ree', n.

n. [Lat. choreus, chorius, Gr. χορεῖος, belonging to a chorus, q. v. (sc. ποῦς, foot); O. Fr. chorée.] (Anc. Pros.) (a.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short; the trochee. (b.) A tribrach, or foot of three short syllables.