Definition of Canters

1. Noun. (plural of canter) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of canter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canters

1. canter [v] - See also: canter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canters

cantdogs
canted
canted angle
canted angles
canteen
canteen cup
canteen cups
canteens
cantellation
canter
canterburies
canterburys
cantered
cantering
cantering rhythm
canters (current term)
cantest
canthal
canthal hypertelorism
canthari
cantharidal
cantharidal collodion
cantharidate
cantharides
cantharidic acid
cantharidin
cantharidins
cantharidism
cantharis
cantharis camphor

Literary usage of Canters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"... that the foolish women began to swell with a proud supposition or imaginary greatness, and gave all their mony to the mendi- Canting canters. 1878. ..."

2. Fox-hound, Forest, and Prairie by Edward Pennell Elmhirst (1892)
"PRELIMINARY canters. NOVEMBER the first of 1886 asserted its calendar rights as the opening of fox-hunting legitimate—when the newspapers can tell us ..."

3. The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries by Charles William Heckethorn (1897)
"X THE canters OR MUCKERS 349. Eva von Buttler and her Sect.—This most repulsive sect, a diseased offshoot of the Pietists, first made its appearance towards ..."

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