cantor

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the musical director of a choir
  2. noun 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere (“to sing”) + -or (“agent suffix”). Doublet of chanter.

In classic literature

Synonyms

choirmaster, precentor

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