Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A male singer.
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Examples
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Abrornis cantator (_Tick.), Hume, Rough Draft N. & E. _ no.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870
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Now in ancient French the nom., corresponding to _cantator_, is
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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G----, he wound up with a joke, saying: -- "Here is a cantator;" a conventional word recalling some buffooneries in a play, and which signified: -- "Here is a fine sentence!"
Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English Teresa Guiccioli 1836
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