Canter – Clarification of meaning?
One who uses cant, such as: a
: beggar, vagabond b : a
user of professional or
religious cant I get the meaning of a, but
I’m at a loss for the b definition. I didn’t know that cant was used. What do you mean by this?
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” The Cant ” is a particular style of speech, usually “hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.” but it may also be applied to other professions jargon in
some circumstances.
“Cant”, a definite derivation, I can’t imagine using the Latin “canter”, more than once in a century.
What is “cantor”? Cantors use cant only incidentally.
As for the 6th definition of Cant (noun), Merriam Webster
states: Definition
of cant 1: affected singsong or
whining speech; a beggar’s cant 2a :
the private language of the underworld; the cant of
thieves b obsolete: the phraseology peculiar to a religious class or sect. So naturally the term cant is an obsolete noun.
(First answer from this site, hope it helps)
