cantor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: can=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

cantor, n. [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.].

 A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.  [1913 Webster]
"The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cantor, n.
1 the leader of the singing in church; a precentor.
2 the precentor in a synagogue.

Etymology

L, = singer f. canere sing

THESAURUS

cantor

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