canter

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English cant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canter From cant + -er.

1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

   “The days when he was a canter and a rebel.”

   “From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.”

verb

Etymology: Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

1. To move at such pace.
2. To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.