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Cantor

//ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos wordnet
  3. 3
    A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan Judaism
  4. 4
    the musical director of a choir wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + agent suffix -or. Doublet of chanter.

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