cantor
1 Americannoun
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the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
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an official whose duty is to lead the singing in a cathedral or in a collegiate or parish church; a precentor.
noun
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Eddie Edward Israel Iskovitz, 1892–1964, U.S. singer and entertainer.
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Georg 1845–1918, German mathematician, born in Russia.
noun
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Also called: chazan. Judaism a man employed to lead synagogue services, esp to traditional modes and melodies
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Christianity the leader of the singing in a church choir
Etymology
Origin of cantor
1530–40; < Latin: singer, equivalent to can ( ere ) to sing + -tor -tor
Example Sentences
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Andres Sheppard, an analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, has called Neutron the only viable alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the industry’s workhorse.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
A Cantor Fitzgerald analyst team, led by C.J.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
She faces Republican Herb Morgan, a onetime chief investment officer at financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, and Meghann Adams, a Peace and Freedom Party member, who is a school bus driver and union leader.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
That said, ServiceNow showed encouraging results on the AI front, according to Cantor Fitzgerald’s Thomas Blakey.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Cantor discovered that the set of real numbers is much, much bigger than the rationals.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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