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chazan

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cha⋅zan

  [Seph. khah-zahn; Ashk., Eng. khah-zuhn]
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–noun, plural cha⋅zan⋅im  [Seph. khah-zah-neem; Ashk. khah-zaw-nim] , English. cha⋅zans  [khah-zuhnz] . Hebrew.
hazan.
Also, chaz⋅zan.

ha⋅zan

  [Seph. khah-zahn; Ashk. khah-zuhn]
–noun, plural ha⋅za⋅nim  [Seph. khah-zah-neem; Ashk. khah-zaw-nim] , English. ha⋅zans. Hebrew.
a cantor of a synagogue.
Also, hazzan, chazan, chazzan.
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cha·zan or haz·zan also chaz·zan   (KHä'zən)   
n.  A cantor in a synagogue.

[Mishnaic Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic ḥazzān, from Akkadian ḫazannu, administrator, mayor; see ḥzy in Semitic roots.]
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