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cantor

/ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/

cantor noun: a singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.

cantor: a singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
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Noun

cantor (plural cantors)

  1. A 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. (Judaism) A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan.

Proper noun capitalized: Cantor

Cantor (plural Cantors)

  1. A surname.

cantor meaning in Tamil

cantor in Tamil

கிறித்தவத் திருக்கோயில் இசை இயக்குநர்

Forms of cantor

Noun
pluralcantors
alternative form (obsolete)cantour
Proper noun
pluralCantors

Plural of cantor: cantors

Origin of cantor

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from canere (“to sing”) + -tor (agent suffix). Doublet of chanter.

Words formed from cantor

Phrases with cantor

Words that rhyme with cantor

Questions about cantor

What does cantor mean?
Cantor means a singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony.
What is cantor in Tamil?
Cantor in Tamil is கிறித்தவத் திருக்கோயில் இசை இயக்குநர். See Cantor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cantor?
Cantor can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce cantor?
Cantor is pronounced /ˈkæntɔː(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of cantor?
The plural of cantor is cantors.

Words near cantor in the dictionary

  1. cantoon
  2. cantoons
  3. Cantophone
  4. Cantophones
  5. Cantopop
  6. cantor
  7. Cantor dust
  8. Cantor set
  9. Cantor sets
  10. Cantor's diagonal argument
  11. Cantor's theorem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cantor (page history and authors); Cantor (page history and authors); cantor (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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