cantore

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kænˈtɔː(ɹ)/

Definition of cantore

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)a Dutch trading post, a branch office of the Dutch merchants
    “Satire, in Two Parts, Upon the Imperfection and Abuse of Human Learning, by Samuel Butler When all a student knows of what he reads // Is not in 's own, but under general heads // Of common-places, not in his own power, // But, like a Dutchman's money, i' th' cantore, // Where all he can make of it at the best, // Is hardly three per cent. for interest; …”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kantoor and its obsolete spelling cantoor, from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix). Doublet of computer, counter, and kontor.

Anagrams of cantore

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