Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cantor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cantor \Can"tor\, n. [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.]
A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. --Milman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cantor
n 1: the musical director of a choir [syn: {choirmaster}, {precentor}]
2: 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 [syn: {hazan}]
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