Cantor

Cantor

Cantor may refer to:

In general

* The Latin word for singer, e.g. the main singer of a cantus
* "Hazzan", in Judaism, the English name for a professional singer who leads prayer services (Kantor is a frequently noted Jewish patronym)
* Cantor (church), an ecclesiastical officer leading liturgical music in several branches of the Christian Church
* Cantor (crater), a lunar crater
* Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm

In mathematics

* The Cantor set or Cantor dust
* The Cantor function
* The Cantor space

As a surname

* Andrés Cantor, Spanish-language soccer announcer
* Brian Cantor, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, UK
* David Cantor (born 1954), American actor and singer
* Eddie Cantor (1892-1964), American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
* Eric Cantor (born 1963), American politician
* Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory
* Jacob A. Cantor (1854-1921), New York politician
* Moritz Cantor (1829-1920), German historian of mathematics
* Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
* Norman Cantor (1929-2004), Canadian medievalist
* Theodore Edward Cantor (1809-1860), Danish biologist

See also

*cant
*Precentor
*Kantor
*Canter
*


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  • Cantor — • The chief singer (and sometimes instructor) of the ecclesiastical choir, called also precentor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cantor     Cantor      …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • Cantor — Can tor, n. [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.] A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. [1913 Webster] The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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