hazan

hazan
Seph. /khah zahn"/; Ashk. /khah"zeuhn/, n., pl. hazanim Seph. /khah zah neem"/; Ashk. /khah zaw"nim/, Eng. hazans. Hebrew.
a cantor of a synagogue.
Also, hazzan, chazan, chazzan.

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