CANTER

n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

2.
n.

A rapid or easy passing over. A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.

3.
v.

To move in a canter.

4.
v.

To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

5.
n.

One who cants or whines; a beggar.

6.
n.

One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.


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