hazanim

Variant of hazan

hazan definition

ha·zan (hä′zən; Heb khä zän′)

noun pl. hazans ha′·zans or hazanim ha·za′·nim (hä′zə nēm′, -nim′; Heb khä zä nēm′)

a cantor in a synagogue

Etymology: Yiddish khazn < Talmudic Heb chazan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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