cantore

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cantore

/kænˈtɔː(ɹ)/

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Borrowed from Dutch kantoor and its obsolete spelling cantoor, from Middle Dutch contoor, contoir, comptoir, from Middle French contoir, comptoir, from conter, compter (“to count”) + -oir (instrument suffix). Doublet of computer, counter, and kontor.

noun cantores · Cantore

obsolete a Dutch trading post, a branch office of the Dutch merchants 1742, The speech of Borcel, the Dutch embassador at Paris, to the king of France, received and exhibited on the 25th of April 1657, A Collection of the State-papers of John Turloe, Esq., Secretary, First, to the Council of State But, sire, in the place of all this I am informed, that there is still

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@misc{cantore_2026,
  title = {cantore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cantore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}