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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One of the principal divisions of a long poem.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A part or division of a poem of some length: as, the six cantos of “The Lady of the Lake.”
  2. n. In music; the highest voice-part in concerted music; soprano.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
  2. n. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a major division of a long poem
  2. n. the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music

Etymologies

  1. Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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