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Found 1 definition: cantor.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun cantor has 2 senses

1. cantor(n = noun.person) choirmaster, precentor - the musical director of a choir;
is a kind of musician

2. cantor(n = noun.person) hazan - 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;
is a kind of spiritual leader

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

cantor, n. [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.].

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. [1913 Webster]
"The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum." [1913 Webster]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

cantor, n.
1 the leader of the singing in church; a precentor.
2 the precentor in a synagogue.

Etymology:
L, = singer f. canere sing