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Plural of canter

regular plural

The plural of canter is canters.

Forms of canter

Singularcanter /ˈkæn.tə/
Pluralcanters
Countablecountable

Canters in a sentence

  • From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85

Meaning of canter

  1. noun 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. noun A ride on a horse at such speed.
  3. verb To move at such pace.

Full definition of canter

Questions about the plural of canter

What is the plural of canter?
The plural of canter is canters.
Is canter countable?
Canter is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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