cantor

Meaning

Noun

singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cantor, agent noun from perfect passive participle cantus, from verb canere + agent suffix -or. chanter.

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