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chazan

American  
[khah-zahn, khah-zuhn] / xɑˈzɑn, ˈxɑ zən /
Or chazzan

noun

Hebrew.

plural

chazanim,

plural

chazans
  1. hazan.


chazan British  
/ ˈhɑːzən, xaˈzan /

noun

  1. a person who leads synagogue services, esp as a profession; cantor

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In 1957, actress Isabella Giori hopes to land a career-making role in a Hitchcock film; when her circumstances change and she winds up secluded in a tiny cottage in Carmel-on-the-Sea, a blacklisted emigre screenwriter named Léon Chazan saves her.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think the big change would be the climate,” said Naomi Chazan, a liberal activist, scholar and former lawmaker from the Meretz party.

From New York Times

Police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Chazan of the Clarkstown Detective Bureau at 845-639-5845.

From Fox News

“We should never underestimate the ingenuity of Neanderthals,” Chazan said, “but that does not mean they were just like modern humans.”

From Washington Post

It was possible that certain Neanderthal groups “might have discovered that striking flint could light a fire,” said University of Toronto anthropologist Michael Chazan, who was not a part of this research.

From Washington Post