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cantour

cantour is the obsolete form of cantor.

Meaning of cantor

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.

See all 3 meanings of cantor

Forms of cantour

pluralcantours

Questions about cantour

What is cantour the obsolete form of?
Cantour is the obsolete form of cantor.

Words near cantour in the dictionary

  1. cantors
  2. cantorship
  3. cantorships
  4. cantos
  5. Cantoses
  6. cantour
  7. cantours
  8. cantrail
  9. cantrails
  10. cantraip
  11. cantraips

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