canter

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English

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Etymology 1

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Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Noun

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canter (plural canters)

  1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.
  2. A ride on a horse at such speed.
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Verb

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canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)

  1. (intransitive) To move at such pace.
  2. (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
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Etymology 2

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From cant-er.

Noun

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canter (plural canters)

  1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
  2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

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Latin

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Verb

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canter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cantō

Norman

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Etymology

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Verb

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canter

  1. (nautical) to list
  2. (reflexive) to lean

Old French

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Verb

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canter

  1. (northern) Alternative form of chanter

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Picard

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Etymology

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From Old French canter, from Latin cantāre.

Verb

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canter

  1. to sing
    Ej vouroè prinde ed ches lchons por aprinde à canter conme i feut.
    I would like to take some lessons to learn to sing correctly.

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