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cantor

noun

Definition of cantornext
as in chorister

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Recent Examples of cantor Brook has been an ordained cantor for about a decade. — Zak Spector, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Blending traditional rituals with modern themes, Temple Judea’s women’s Passover Seder drew 300 local women including several female rabbis, cantors and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who is the county’s first Jewish mayor. — Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026 After the synagogue’s board voted to dismiss the cantor, scores of families who were loyal to him left. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Sheri Allen, cantor and co-founder of Makom Shelanu synagogue in Fort Worth, called the law another attempt to dismantle the wall between church and state. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cantor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
  1. chorister
  2. singer
  3. chanter
  4. vocalist
  5. songster
Noun
  • Chloe was a big fan of the songs and dancing, in particular the young choristers from La Scala, Alicia Keys, and Roberto Bolle’s performance.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Shortly before noon last Friday, Justine Abineno, a chorister, was buried in Ituri.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of chorister
Noun
  • This past August, the singer warmed up for the trek with her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields music festival.
    — Karla Cote, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Two Aussies in London Only a few months after her move to London, Newton-John’s friend and fellow singer Pat Carroll also made the leap from Australia to the big city.
    — Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of singer
Noun
  • The chanters scatter and daringly kick and play with the flaming husks while the audience (including me) tries not to panic.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of chanter
Noun
  • Pylon features a number of all-star guests, with Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Deftones‘ Chino Moreno all making appearances as vocalists.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
  • On the other hand, the call sheet reads like a who’s who of modern musical theater; a company of vocalists so talented that limiting their range to the spoken word is akin to gathering the world’s Olympians and asking them all to play badminton.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of vocalist
Noun
  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Definition of songster

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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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