Accentor

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accentor \Ac*cen"tor\, n. [L. ad. + cantor singer, canere to
     sing.]
     1. (Mus.) One who sings the leading part; the director or
        leader. [Obs.]
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     2. (Zool.) A genus of European birds (so named from their
        sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America
        sometimes applied to the water thrushes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accentor
       n : small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of
           Eurasia