Accentor
/əkˈsɛn.tɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
- 2 small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia wordnet
- 3 The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla. obsolete
- 4 One who sings the leading part; the director or leader. obsolete
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From Latin accentor (“one who sings with another”), from ad + cantor (“singer”), from canō (“sing”). Superficially accent + -or.