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One of the first, as a 15-year-old in 1954, was Born to Cry, inspired by Yossele Rosenblatt’s Jewish cantor recordings from the 1920s.
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Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Tears well in the eyes of those who dare to look at her as the cantor’s acapella vibrato fills the sanctuary.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Among the parents challenging the law are two Jewish rabbis, a Jewish cantor, a Presbyterian reverend and a Baptist pastor.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Tears well in the eyes of those who dare to look at her as the cantor’s acapella vibrato fills the sanctuary.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Among the parents challenging the law are two Jewish rabbis, a Jewish cantor, a Presbyterian reverend and a Baptist pastor.
—Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
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Finley went pro at an early age, collecting his first paychecks as a boy chorister at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Ottawa.—
Matthew Gurewitsch,
Air Mail,
13 Dec. 2025
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In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Such awe asks for the superhuman from singers, especially in this ensemble from their ravishing high notes.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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It will be driven by an original soundtrack created by Dan Smith, songwriter and lead singer of Bastille, and Ralph Pelleymounter, songwriter and lead singer of To Kill a King.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, Smith and his friend and collaborator Ralph Pelleymounter, lead vocalist of the band To Kill A King, came up with a story and a soundtrack.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Feb. 2026
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His contributions as a background vocalist and songwriter for projects by artists ranging from Kaytranada to The Internet brought him closer to Grammy glory throughout the 2010s, but his first nomination would come in 2025 for En Route, an EP that competed for best progressive R&B album.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2026
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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