Definition of canto

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Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

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Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters..
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..
Cantoral :: Cantoral (a.) Of or belonging to a cantor.
Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..
Vaudois :: Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud..
Hong :: Hong (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage..
Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.
Canton Flannel :: Canton flannel () See Cotton flannel.
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..
Cantos :: Cantos (pl. ) of Cant.
Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.
Passus :: Passus (n.) A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Canto :: Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
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