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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kan-ter, -tawr
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn tər, -tɔr



Définition of cantor

Origin :
  • 1530s, "church song-leader," from Latin cantor "singer, poet, actor," agent noun from past participle stem of canere "to sing" (see chant (v.)). Applied in English to the Hebrew chazan from 1893.
  • noun church leader
Example sentences :
  • "You hear what young Mr Cantor has said," continued the lawyer.
  • Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
  • "Joe, ye shall be made to sit out in the kitchen; ye shall," said Cantor the father.
  • Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
  • "I know'd it," said young Cantor, clenching his fist almost in her face.
  • Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
  • "I'll swear that's one of my pupils, he is so pugnacious," thought the cantor to himself.
  • Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai
  • We went up the river as far as Cantor (some five hundred miles).
  • Extract from : « A Book of Discovery » by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
  • I asked the natives of Cantor about the road to the gold country.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Discovery » by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
  • He might now regard the cantor house, which was quickly gained, as his own.
  • Extract from : « Barbara Blomberg, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • The cantor was one of the most important officials in the monastery.
  • Extract from : « English Monastic Life » by Abbot Gasquet
  • What would you have done to them if Mr. Cantor had not interceded, Judge Bruce?
  • Extract from : « In Pawn » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • Also issued as Cantor Lectures in one pamphlet, same society.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Bookbinding for Libraries » by John Cotton Dana

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