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Noun: cantor  kan-tu(r) or 'kan,tor
  1. The musical director of a choir
    - 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
    - hazan

Sounds like: canter

Derived forms: cantors

Type of: musician, spiritual leader

Encyclopedia: Cantor Cantor, Georg

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