chazan

or chaz·zan

[ Sephardic Hebrew khah-zahn; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English khah-zuhn ]

noun

, Hebrew.

, plural cha·zan·im [kh, ah-zah-, neem, kh, ah-, zaw, -nim], English cha·zans [khah, -z, uh, nz].

1. hazan.

chazan

/ xaˈzan; ˈhɑːzən /

noun

1. a person who leads synagogue services, esp as a profession; cantor

Example Sentences

What about Naomi Chazan and Jeremy Ben-Ami—do they put themselves through the Jew Cycle every morning?

From The Daily Beast

"I'll let the Chazan (cantor) know he must read to-morrow, as usual," he said conclusively.

From Project Gutenberg