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canters

canters is the plural of canter.

canters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of canter.

Meaning of canter

Noun (1)

canter (plural canters)

  1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
  2. A ride on a horse at such speed.

Noun (2)

canter (plural canters)

  1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
    • The days when he was a canter and a rebel.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...

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Proper noun capitalized: Canters

Canters

  1. (plural) plural of Canter

Questions about canters

What is canters the plural of?
Canters is the plural of canter.
What part of speech is canters?
Canters is a proper noun.

Words near canters in the dictionary

  1. canterers
  2. cantering
  3. canterings
  4. Cantero
  5. Canteros
  6. canters
  7. Cantes
  8. Cantey
  9. Canteys
  10. canth-
  11. canthal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canters (page history and authors); Canters (page history and authors); canter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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