cantor
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- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
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- 6
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Definition of cantor
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
“The cantor's place in church is on the right of the choir.”
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noun
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singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
“The cantor's place in church is on the right of the choir.”
- (Judaism)A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin cantorbor. English cantor Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + -or (“agent suffix”). Doublet of chanter.
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