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English

Etymology

From Latin cantor, singer, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere, sing, + agent suffix -or

Noun

Singular
cantor

Plural
cantors

cantor (plural cantors)

  1. singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony

Translations

Related terms

  • song leader

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cantor (genitive cantōris); m, third declension

  1. singer

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative cantor cantōrēs
genitive cantōris cantōrum
dative cantōrī cantōribus
accusative cantōrem cantōrēs
ablative cantōre cantōribus
vocative cantor cantōrēs

Descendants

Verb

cantor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō.

Portuguese

Noun

cantor

  1. singer

Related terms

Spanish

Adjective

cantor m. (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)

  1. singing

Noun

cantor m. (feminine cantora, masculine plural cantores, feminine plural cantoras)

  1. singer

Wikispecies

Up to date as of January 23, 2010
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(1809–1860)


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Cantor can mean:

  • The Latin word for singer, e.g. the main singer of a cantus
  • Hazzan, in Judaism, the English name for a professional singer who leads prayer services (Kantor is a frequently noted Jewish patronym)
  • Cantor (church), an ecclesiastical officer leading liturgical music in several branches of the Christian Church
  • Cantor (crater), a lunar crater

In mathematics Cantor may refer to:

  • The Cantor set or Cantor dust
  • The Cantor function
  • The Cantor space

Cantor as a surname may refer to:

  • Andrés Cantor, Spanish-language soccer announcer
  • Brian Cantor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
  • David Cantor (born 1954), American actor and singer
  • Eddie Cantor (1892-1964), American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
  • Eric Cantor (born 1963), American politician
  • Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
  • Moritz Cantor (1829-1929), German historian of mathematics
  • Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
  • Norman Cantor (1929-2004), Canadian medievalist
  • Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), Danish biologist

Cantor is a shortened form of these names and terms:

  • Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm

Other pages

  • cant
  • Precentor
  • Kantor
  • Canter
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